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ACE HALFBACK OUT W YORK (AP) -- Clem 'Is, Oakland Raiders' ace ack, will be lost for the f the season with a broken , the American Football 1e said Tuesday. gift for a youngster. U-1867A yi the department on the motion Sonny, a golden retriever owned by Con. Ralph Jones, is a regular visitor to city board of control meetings. So regular, in fact, that Con. Frank McCallum men- tioned yesterday that a check on Sonny's salary and attendance record may. be in order. Sonny looks a little CITY BOARD OF CONTROL'S BEST FRIEND disinterested while Con. Jones, Mayor Ernest Marks and Con. Margaret Shaw carry on board of control business. One controller Four Plead Not Guilty Attempted Theft Case WHITBY (Staff) -- Four Osh-|four youths were arrested on|pleaded not awa teen-age youths appeared|the night of Sept. 11 in front of}charge and are being defended in county court here Monday|the Marks Theatre on King where a jury was chosen and|Street East in Oshawa. the Crown's evidence heard on| Anthony Lewicki, 552 Bloor|Smart, a spray painter, looked a charge of attempted break,|St. E., Richard Buta, 291 Elm-jout from his third floor King enter, and theft laid against alljridge Ave., Mick V. Zimny, 1106|Street apartment and saw the four. The charge was laid after the|Zimny, 559 Crerar Ave., Cloverdale St., and Chester all City Hall Parking Figures Given Traffic Committee Of the 279 parking spaces re- quired in the vicinity of city hall, 132 are ear-marked for employees, six for the mayor and aldermen, 45 for city ve- hicles, and only three for the magistrates and erown attor- ney. Department heads, depu- ties and division heads get an- other 25 places among them. Traffic committee, which was supplied with these details last night by the public works de- partment, agreed with some reluctance to the issue of three parking stickers for represen- tatives of local press and radio attending city hall meetings. "Perhaps these stickers ought to go to the papers or radio sta- tions rather than individual re- porters," suggested Ald, James Rundle, chairman. The committee adopted five recommendations on the sub- ject from the traffic depart- ment. One of these was that a house at 67 Queen Street be demolished and the parking area be extended to provide an additional nine parking spaces at an estimated cost of $3,500, and that up to 15 park- ing spaces be rented to Milne Violations | On Parking A total of 223 violations on| city parking lots were noted by| the traffic engineering division of the public works department in a survey made between 6 p.m, and 9 p.m, on Friday, Nov. 3. "Violations appear to be caused by chronic non-payers,"" the report noted. It was pre- sented to council's traffic com- mittee last night. It added: "Generally speak- ing the parking study illustrates that parking in the areas check- ed is of a short term nature, with enforcement non-existent at the time of the study." The committee adopted three recommendations as a result of the study; 1--that the time lim- its established on meters in parking lots remain un- changed; 2--the police depart- ment be supplied with the re- sults of the study, and 3--the police department investigate the possibilities of hiring com- missionaires to carry out en- forcement. The study was undertaken by of Ald. John DeHart in connec- tion with the downtown _busi- nessmen's brief. Surveyors found that with the exception of Lot 2 at Athol and Mary Streets, which is atten- dant operated, each lot regis- tered 86 per cent or more vehicles which were parked for two hours or less. Highest turnover of vehicles occurred at Lot 7 on the south- east corner of Bond and Church Streets, and at Lot 12 on the and Nichol, at a monthly rental of $15 each, for employees on the city hall addition. Another recommendation that the requests for allocation of eight reserved spaces, by the systems and procedures officer, the children's librarian and six area assessors be granted, was tabled for a count to be made. Finally, the committee got down to the crowds milling around the magistrate and ju- venile court each day, although these were not included in the official recommendations. It was left to Con. Ralph Jones'to move that 15 metered spaces be set aside for car owners attending these ses- sions, with a time limit of three hours. Committee adopt- ed this recommendation, with the stipulation that if ry the numbers of parking spaces for city hall employees be reduced. City Council's public works committee last night decided to keep out of the sidewalk snow clearing business after hearing a report from commissioner of works Fred Crome, that it would cost anything from $100, ,000 to $120,000 a year, which includes purchase of eight plow units. Instead, the department is to come up with a revised bylaw for dealing with the problem, based on Sudbury bylaw. This lays the onus 'on prop- erty owners, with the excep- tion that the time limit for re- moval has been increased from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. In his report, Mr. Crome said there were 159 miles of side- walks in Oshawa in 1966, and information had been obtained on sidewalk snow removal pro- grams from 11 municipalities. Costs ranged from $49 per mile in London to $500 per mile PROPERTY OWNERS MUST CLEAR in North York, and the aver- age cost per mile for 1312 miles amoynted to $228. If the city undertook the work, the capital cost for eight plow units and sanders would probably total about $50,000. There did not appear to be any perfect solution for snow clearing of sidewalks, said the report, and the _ introduction of sidewalk snow plowing and sanding by the city should not CU a SNOW in any way relieve the abut- ting property owners from the traditional responsibility for keeping the sidewalks clear of snow and ice. On the question of the inct- dence of heart attacks to ele' derly and other citizens who undertake unaccustomed snow shovelling work, this could nev- er be entirely eliminated, since housewalks and driveways would still have to be cleared ama Summ nn nanan nL EE stn gH vr TR "Let's board of control not turn into a farce," when it was sug- gested that Sonny should pose in a chair. (Oshawa Times Photo) quipped, guilty to the !by counsel John M. Greer. On the night of Sept. 11, Keith four youths in front of the Marks Theatre. He testified two appeared to be acting as look- outs and the other two "looked like they were trying to jimmy the door". He called police and Con- stables Ray Abbot and Al Mc- Laren apprehended the youths THREE REMAIN IN HOSPITAL Three of six people injured when a car collided with a milk tanker on a concession road near Blackstock Friday are still in hospital with their condition listed as "fair and unimproved." The accident two fatalities. In Toronto General Hospital with head injuries is Angus McKinnon, 40, With less severe injuries, in Oshawa General Hospital, are, Leslie March 19, and William Parsons, 26. The men are from Newfoundland, working at harvesting Christmas trees near Blackstock. also caused in minutes. Following a '"'voir dire' with the jury absent, Judge Alex Hall decided that it was per- |missable for the jury to hear signed confessions taken from Lewicki, 19, and Chester Zimny, +h They admitted, in the confes- sions, using a comb in an effort to "pick" or "slip" the lock on the left front door of the Marks Theatre. They said in the con- fessions they were attempting to City Liberals Plan Election The Oshawa Provincial Lib- eral Association will hold its an- nual meeting tomorrow night at She Oshawa Times OSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1967 gn tt nena by the householder. mnie ant Control Board Reviews $6,000,000 Complex Bylaw Restricts Height Parking Major Obstacle A $6,000,000 building ployment and economic growth} An attempt by Ald. blanket "conclusion"' public works traffic committees. the Shaw report. Instead reviews of organization various sections of works department Principal opponent of Marks, who lenged Con. Shaw to bring in her report and later set a time limit for it. He also revealed that a study by consultants, to probe the de- partment and clear up the whole question, would cost $15,000, which put an abrupt stop to sug- gestions of this kind. Ald. Alice Reardon, a staunch the Hotel Genosha at 8 p.m. First on the agenda is the election of officers. Dan Casey, executive director of the Liberal get cigarettes and candy bars. When Crown Attorney Bruce Affleck asked the two con- stables whether they had man- handled either of the accused, both officers denied any such action. Defence counsel Greer pur- sued this theme and asked Con- stable McLaren, "Did you rough Lewicki up at any time?" This was denied. He then asked McLaren "Did you rough Zimny up a bit?" Constable McLaren 'again denied any such action. 'Classification Incorrect, Union President Claims A job which had been classi- fied by the city personnel de- partment as being withinv local 251 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees was just a 'political football", claimed Ronald Gooding, president of local 250, at a grievance hear- ing before board of control yes- terday. Board of control recently ap-| proved the new position, desig- nated testing of equipment and vehicle operations analyst. Mr. Gooding said it was sim- ply just another name for cost- ing and administrative clerk, which had been classified as a local 250 job and had been in-. cluded in their contract for the last two years, although the job was unfilled, Mayor Ernest Marks said the board would take the grievance under advisement and announce its decision later. He suggested that perhaps officials of both unions could get together and discuss the matter. "We are claiming that the job is so similar there is not enough variation to really pre- sent a valid argument on the part of management," said Mr. Gooding. He said there were men in his union of sufficient education and technical skill to carry out the work, who were actually on unskilled operations. Deputy commissioner of works, Robert Richardson said the duties to be carried out im the new position had been per- formed by staff in city hall. There was a great deal in the new job content, 'he said, that was not contained in the pre- vious position. It was a tech- nical position which it was felt should be included in local 251. "We say we should have been given the first preference," said Mr. Gooding, "because. we have the classification open and porth-east corner, we have the qualified people." Personnel officer David Mur- ray said the city would be per- petuating a wrong by classify- ing the job under local 250. "We do not feel it has ever belonged there," he said. 'It goes way beyond a clerical job." A man has not yet been hired for the post, although several applications had been received. Arbitration Said Costly A plea for arbitration boards to hear more than one case at a time was made before the board of control by Ronald Gooding, president of Local 250, Canadian Union of Public Em- ployees, yesterday. Mr. Gooding made his sub- mission at the conclusion of a grievance hearing. He said the city practice of having an arbitrator, union rep- resentatives and other witness- es attending for one hearing at a time added to the cost of the process on both sides, and meant that arbitrators also had to be brought in individually and paid accordingly. It also in- creased the delay in disposal of cases. Mayor Ernest Marks said the board was also interested in achieving improvement in both these spheres and would con- sider the points raised. After the meeting, Mr. Good- ing said the practice of arbi- trators hearing more than one case at a sitting was now fair- ly widespread. He said that cases involving a big organization such as Gen- eral Motors, where several ap- plications might be involved, were dealt with in the way sug- gested and the method had been praised by officials and legal Party in Ontario, will chair the election. Afterwards members will dis- cuss organization of the next federal election and the assign- ing of priorities to matters of national importance. Among the positions to be dis- cussed are the guaranteed an- nual income and whether it is the real or proper solution to the problem of poverty; the relationship between labor and government; educational TV: foreign aid, world peace and Canada's role in working to- ward it, urban development and the future of agriculture. William Selby is association president, E.G. McNeely vice president and George Drynan secretary. Two Speakers At Workshop A "Manufacturers Workshop" involving about 36 owners and managers of small and medium sized industries in the Oshawa area will start tomorrow at 9 a.m. at the Carousel Inn, Osh- awa, and run to about 5 p.m. The men will hear two main speakers, participate in ques- tion and answer periods and form panel discussions. W. R. Clark of the Robert Simpson Company and D. M. Wood, of P. S. Ross and partners will be the guest speakers. The workshop will be chaired by H. J. B. Nevitt of the Ontario Development Corpora- tion. Whitby Resident Condition Serious . Russell Bradley, of 814 Byron St. S., is in serious condition in St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, today after being struck by a car in Whitby Saturday night. Mr. Bradley was crossing the street at Gilbert and Green intersection in Whitby when he was struck by a car. Mr. Bradley is suffering from head and facial injuries and a fractured leg. SCHOOL BREAK-INS Oshawa police are appealing for information about damage and break-ins at city schools over the weekend. At Corpus Christi School, Hillside there was $75 worth of damage to the windows and at Simcoe Street South school two radios and a sum of money were stol- Hard on the heels of a protracted discussion on al- leged overstaffing in the pub- lic works department, com- missioner of works, Fred Crome, brought in a recom- mendation that about 20 to 25 men on the outside staff be laid off from Jan, 2, 1968, until the spring. Members of the joint pub- lic works and traffic commit- tee were clearly unhappy a- bout the proposal, but they finally adopted it. Mr. Crome also raised the question of the age problem now affecting his outside staff. It was something that would have to be considered shortly, he said. Under the union's senior- ity system young, able-bodied men would have to be laid off, retaining older men high up .on the list. "We shall have to find some means of keeping the young men at thé top," he said. WINTER WORKS In his report Mr. "Crome said the layoffs were a re- sult of modifications of the winter works incentive pro- gram introduced in 1966. Because of this, if a win- ter works storm sewer pro- gram were to be undertaken it would be more economical for the city to undertake it by contract rather than with thier own forces, but in any case the.city did not have any storm sewers which had a high priority for construc- tion in the capital program, other than those which had to be laid at the time new pavement work was _ under- taken. "Tf a winter works program is not undertaken we will have a surplus of labor dur- ing the winter months of from 25 to-35 men," he con- cluded, 'except at times of heavy snowfalls."" The recommendation read: "That a winter works storm sewer program not be under- taken with the use of city crews this year and_ that effective Jan. 2, 1968, a suf- ficient number of. mainte- nance division employees be laid off to adjust the staff to the winter work load, subject to recall for snow and ice control operations and at the beginning of the spring main- tenance program." Answering aldermen, Mr. Crome said the men were not men. en. paying unemployment insur- ance contributions e Bruce Mackey to speed through a on the Shaw report on staffing in the department was frustrated last night at a joint meeting of the public works and Ald. Mackey is chairman of the public works committee, and the effect of the "conclusion"' if ratified by city council, would have been to end discussion on the "conclusion" watered down, is to go before city council as an interim re- port and there will be continuing in the the public the "conclusion" was Mayor Ernest originally chal- think some of our officials Outside Worker Layoff Approved By Committee Watered Down Reply Favored On Staffing | supporter of the department and the "conclusion" was critical in her remarks about fellow alder- men and controllers. 'I have not much faith in the people around the table. I can tell you that" she declared. The law of the land, she went on, was that a man was innocent until proved guilty, but the statements in the Shaw re- port had been made without any proof at all. 'How much longer are members of the council going to sit around and allow it?" she asked. "Why do you businessmen and lawyers take this without coming back? You are not even prepared to consider this. We | were asked to do something and we have this as a beginning to get it cleared up and it is not even being taken into considera- tion, If this is not done then I goes on to list factors which af- fect the size of the department, and says in the final analysis the size of the staff of the public jin |was board of control. of F. the city's reviewed com-| the plex that could stimulate em-| would provide office space. 10-storey construction Two major problems face downtown core|Mr, Fishtein in the construction yesterday by| of the buildings. The first is a city bylaw that Motek Fischtein, pres identjrestricts, because of density, T, Toronto, King and Queen Streets Development Ltd., |t would consist of 10 and 16- Storey buildings connected by a ground floor commercial block. The 16-storey building would be used for apartments while works department is regulated by previous councils. In its original form the open- ing paragraph read: 'Controller Shaw's report is not factually correct and uses a basis of comparison which has little or no significance and has not proved any overstaffing what- ever." Mayor Marks said he thought this part was prematire and that after the committee had made further investigation, a recom- mendation would be made to council that the charge was or was not substantiated. "How can you arrive at this conclu- sion without a thorough investi- gation?" he asked. Support for this view came from Ald. John DeHart and Ald. Russell McNeil. should do something even if it means going through the courts." In brief, the interim report reads: 'Controller Shaw's report Ald. Mackey said the idea behind the "conclusion" was to SN | | | bring something back to coun- cil as soon as possible. Proof of MURRAY MILNE » « » New Secretary is not factually correct and uses|the fact that the Shaw report a basis of comparison which has|was not factually correct was little or no significance.' It then} that in the case of a municipal- municipal employees were exempted and in any case their wages were in excess of the maximum limit. He said-the men concerned would be the first 20 on the seniority list since 1964. "The only place for them to go is to the welfare de- partment then?" asked Con. Robert Nicol. 'It seems pretty rotten to throw them out." oe . To Con. Ralph Jones who suggested the men go on to Sanitary sewer work Mr. Crome said the city was not in a position to undertake any this winter. He agreed the situation might be eased if members of the public works department took winter holidays. This would also help the construc- tion program in the summer months. The difficulty was to persuade people to take win- ter holidays. ity like Cornwall, for instance, the numbers given in the en- gineer's department was shown by her as 22, when in fact the actual number was 121. "Her report shows a basis of comparison that really has no significance," he said. "Keeping within the terms of our ref- erence I think we would have to Say it proves there is no over- staffing." Ald. James Rundle said he} had every confidence in Mr.} Crome but he thought it un- fortunate that he had been asked to do an assessment of his oOwn_ department. Mr. Crome said he thought he was in a better position to do this! than anybody from outside. | A motion proposed by Con. Ralph Jones that the public works department obtain infor- mation from other cities regard- ing their services, the type of services and number of people employed was adopted after he had observed, "We should come up with facts and figures." "You'll have to take your choice," said Mr. Crome, "of us doing work on our capital bud- get and current budget or this. One of them will have to wait. We have just not got the) staff." | * - ve Help Suggested For Secretary Con. Margaret Shaw yester- |day expressed concern over the multiplying number of secretar- ies to the board of control. Murray Milne, 28, of Scar- borough was recently appoint- ed secretary to the board, ef- fective Dec. 4. It was brought to the attention of the control- lers yesterday that Mr. Milne in turn might require the ser- vices of a secretary to handle board of control work. Con. Shaw objected, stating that the city should be follow- ing an austerity program, and that a second secretary is a needless expense. | Con. Robert Nicol pointed out that when the former city coun- cil agreed to a board of con- trol system it also agreed to all the extras needed to make} the system function. He said| the board of control work load is bound to increase and a sten- ographer - receptionist would probably be required. Mr. Milne has been employed by the Scarborough board of education for the past 10 years, finally as a secretary to the said the complex at/Mr. he height of the structure. Fischtein would have to (the|apply for relief from the by- Bathe and McLellan property)|law to continue plans for his present construction. PARKING The second problem is the question of providing parking areas, Mr, Fischstein reported that 200 parking spaces would be made available in under- ground facilities. But R. F. Richardson, deputy commis- sioner of works, said using the present parking bylaw as a@ guide, 770 spaces would be i | required. | Broken down the figures show that 236 spaces would be needed for apartment dwellers, 364 for office workers and visi- tors and 170 to be used by the commercial establish- ments. One and one-third units of space per apartment unit is ' Ithe present guide. Con. Margaret Shaw asked whether Mr. Fischtein would be willing to work with the city on the proposed downtown parking garage to make up for the lack of parking space. Mr. Fischtein said he would have {to look into the matter further before he committed himself. Fred Crome, public works commissioner, said in the final janalyses it came down to |whether the city or the de- veloper would supply the need- ed parking spaces. James Williams, city business and industrial commissioner, said he was strongly in favor of the proposed development. He said it would increase em- ployment in the commercial sector as well as_ stimulate finances through taxes. He pointed out that the pres- ent building, on the site favors ed by Mr. Fischstein, pays be- tween $8,000 and $9,000 a year in taxes, and if the complex was built this would increase 15 to 20 times over. Board of control recommend- ed that Mr. Fischtein write a letter to council outlining the areas in which he would like relief from the zoning bylaw. This in turn will probably be referred to the planning board for study and recommendation. FURTHER TALKS Another possible downtown development project will discussed at a luncheon Dec. 4, arranged by the city business and industrial commission. Samuel Steinberg, president of Steinberg's Ltd., will meet with the commission and board of control. Con. Robert Nicol indicated last week a develop- ment might take place in the board. Prince, Richmond Streets area. ome mete ee SKETCH SHOWS P ee+16-Storey Apartment Tower, 10-Storey Office Tower ROPOSED DEVELOP : 2 & : MENT AT KING, QUEEN STREETS