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VE ON FARMS 4 nial neice Mearo ) we SPLESO SET USD 8 XER G08 yack. Zips ion. Supet s in stock XER 9-95 Luxurious ositive 2- "'leather- elcome . . « ley serve so ome easier ind remem- our budget. Criticism of Fred Crome, commissioner of works, was voiced by Con. Margaret Shaw at yesterday's board of contrdl meeting, regarding the recom- mended layoff of about 25 men due to- the modified winter works program. The item was not on the agenda for discussion, but Con. Shaw registered her protest just the same, on the basis of news- Paper reports, until Mayor Ernest Marks reminded her the matter would be open for dis- ST cussion at next council meeting. "T'll have my say then, right enough," declared Con. Shaw. She said she did not think it was right that a man in Mr. Crome's position, who was se- cure and bringing in a good salary, should come in and say lay off these little fellows, who were only earning small money. "We do not know how many staff there are in the engineer- ing department within the walls of city hall,' she went on. Tuesday's ae "Mr. Crome has no right to come out and make this recom- mendation without prior ap- proval by council. "At a time so close to Christ- mas, you just don't do these things. It is supposed to' be a Meg of good spirits and good- will." Both Mayor Marks and Con. Frank McCallum reminded Con. Shaw that Mr. Crome had acted properly in bringing the matter first before committee, and it had also been agreed that the CON. SHAW CRITICIZES FRED CROME -- committee discussions be open to the press. "We are all concerned," de- clared Con. Robert Nicol, "and we are trying to find out if there is something they can do on the city staff. I am going to discuss it on Monday night." "Boy, I think there should be more discretion," said Con, Shaw, "because we are still not sure if these men are going to be laid off. It should come in for the chiefs, too, not only the braves." FIRE CHIEF ERNEST STACEY (LEFT) SPEAKER AT SAFETY LEAGUE DINNER -+-talks with Con. Margaret Shaw, James Feltis and Ross White Fire Safety Problems Aired By Chief Stacey Close to 50 guests gathered at the Hotel Genosha Thursday night for the annual dinner of |not gaining ground the way it should,"' he said. "Last year's fire loss in Osh- |awa and crews of two ask per-} | mission to inspect residences for fire hazards. He said the pro-| the Oshawa Safety League andjawa, at $671,000, was a high|gram has now covered all of came away far better informed|loss," he said, "but Oshawa|Oshawa's approximately 12,000| OPening it, however, he found |for the same period last year, before the than before of the dangers and solutions to the problem of fire safety. Chief Ernest R. Stacey of the| $140,000 fire loss in the first nine|reception is good, but some| What could have happened to | Oshawa Fire Department was the guest speaker, He kept away from frivolous reminiscing and instead, delivered a_ useful speech containing many cold facts and concrete information. Chief Stacey said there were 571 fire deaths in Canada last year and a fire loss estimated at $154,000,000. "We in Canada, with all our ingenuity, have one of the high- est fire losses in the world... this message, of fire safety, is City Accident Rate Drops Police Chief Tells League Accident rate for Oshawa is down 10 per cent over the rate for 1966, Police Chief Inspector Norman Smyth said in a report to the Oshawa Safety League last might. He pointed out that although there have been only two traf- Chest Fund Growing Oshawa Community Chest's) fund drive goes rolling along. Collections now total $367,953.71 and there is still more to come.) The original At yesterday's meeting of the! Community Chest organization the resignation of Robert) Branch, executive was accepted, as of Dec. 31. James Matthews, manager of| Eaton's of Canada along with} John C. McHardy, committee|press total satisfaction with the|------------------- chairman reported that a total of $4,400 had been collected at/ the store. Eaton's donated half| the money while the rest was) raised from the Eaton's Staff Charitable Committee. | Mrs. M. M. Martin, represent- ing shopping centre canvassers, | reported that they had in-| creased their donations over 100 per cent. The president, Edward Cline) said the extra money would! cover contingencies such as) men being laid off or leaving the city. has an 'A' rating with respect to fire insurance." | He revealed Oshawa has had months of 1967, and one person has died in a fire in Oshawa this year. The chief is no fatalist. 'Nine out of 10 fires can be prevented four main causes of fires, "men, women, children and lighting.' HOME SERVICE Chief Stacey described the In Service Home Inspection pro- gram. A pumper with a full crew travels the streets of Osh- fic fatalities thus far this year, compared with 10 in 1966, the number of pedestrians injured is about the same. Inspector Smyth said the fault lies mostly with the pedestrian, and "getting him to obey pedes- trian traffic laws is very dif- ficult"'. He said the great increase in complaints from citizens has been with respect to noisy ve- hicles and squealing tires, de- spite the fact this is not closely tied in with safety. He said the number of traffic charges laid jhomes. and is starting around! |for the second time. "In most cases,"' he said '"'the people don't want us prying into their basements, and in |some cases, when you get in,| |you can see why." | |. He said smoking is the num-| . .. they don't happen, they are|ber one cause of fires today.| cials, and found that the wine caused.". He believes there are|There were 6,950 fires caused, had "disappeared" for good by careless smoking in Ontario! alone last year. "Women are equally as careless,"' he said. Chief Stacey pointed out the danger of a fire in a mattress; it has a tendency to smoulder when you think it has been ex- tinguished -- "either pull the stuffing out of it, or take it out- side the building." He mentioned the importance of having adequate ash trays to prevent careless smoking, "with the long 100's you need quite an ashtray."' With the Christmas season approaching, Chief Stacey pointed out the importance of Board Rejects Proposal Non-Union Overtime Pay + F The i P hava Times urther Reports Sought | From Department Heads OSHAWA, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1967 Overtime for non-union em-) 'Why should union employees ployees in city hall is handled|get it and not non-union?" ask- jin a loose manner, departmentied Con. Frank McCallum. ha at 7 : j heads said in a report yester-| Con. Margaret Shaw said she WINE MYSTERY EASILY SOLVED The Times staff and Mr. jceive only a week in lieu of|of area in thei ya | th B the first 36% hours and nOlto take in pirtonnly eee hae recognition for overtime work-| Mayor Marks said the posi- ry mission bus deficit for the 10\revenue percentages for the|Strong: 'The estimated deficit/recommendation submitted by snare at ait oui ee aes vig agg the lig "By months to the end of October|first nine months of 1967 while] ¥as of Te ee ee Done hee ae ae a sald, 4 Con. il ree : this ave Gc ok. y over $125, non-union personnel | e e day to board of control was ; Fi : S not in favor vert Bus System Deficit ome air ot pl i te jand a half their normal rate! she said that when th f jae hi os ne s ; n they were 1 jfor overtime, while others re-lhired there was a built-in sort Harry Vandenboon, RR 2 in $ 2 5 5 0 0 0 In l 0 I | O nths ed above that figure Pe a # | ti , si ; Whitby solved "The mystery | setae ; Board of control declined, = the beac ae of the vanishing wine" Thurs- | Oshawa Public Utilities Com-|shown improved passenger| Warned chairman EF. F, Arm- however, to g0 along with a ' ae a ne | ior below the} hat i ; land that, when mailed, con- |has increased Commissioner Roy Fleming level of department head 'a [marked that it had started: in A ; 2 ad and} dis aat tained a bottle of wine. Upon |compared to a loss of $86,082; He pointed out, from a table/blamed the drop on the many deputy be paid at the rate lie a one se ay hall and : het Reta that/diversions on the city's streets | one and half times the normal Ses Hime At was 'clamped : |Brantford had had an 8.60 per|during the summer, Mr, Gibbie| rate of y r ; venie et 1 . Mr. rate of pay for all time work- The customs official report- iit Riles revealed at a meeting cent improvement, Guelph 5.90, |acreed. ed in excess of 3614 hours. . edly told him he didn't know |!ast night. Kitchener 5.61, Sandwich and) It was decided to write and| Instead they tabled the pro- The figure for the month of|Windsor 5.02 and Sarnia 7.77./ask operators of the five suc- posal and called for a personal t verti it. Mr. Vandenboon was per- |October has jumped from last\Oshawa's number of passen-|cessful systems how they had )report from Fred Crome pe oe canine tae ee plexed. |year's loss of $2,557 to $11,188.|gers carried fell by 7.57 per|been so successful. | missioner of works, de to we free or a ae _ e Times, on lear | This is partly due to a fall-off|}cent over the same period last | : : T ins tnesteae Fer pti died in the ssetas of passengers| year . |PARKING GARAGE partinent poi ge t. ad be middle of 1963, but although Te- ter with Oshawa customs offi- |which, at present, are down) William Gibbie, secretary-| The commission wants SvEPinb: "alia ped + eee in ports had been submitted and 172,611 on the similar 10-month/treasurer, said that Oshawa|make its views known on the) (ino, departments Ova act gol srecial committees set up |period last year. was a motor city and it was dif-|Proposed downtown bus termi-| compensated. Frank Warkeon enn was still no satisfactory The service lost $96,184 over ficult to persuade people to use|nal and parking garage. And city treasurer, is also to re ort |eoution. the whole of last year. the buses. He thought the fig-jafter a lengthy committee de-| 'ey also left in Gisvanen a\58 NON-UNION liquor into Canada. Customs Mayor Marks asked last night) ures had now hit "bottom" and|bate the commission decided to) " : ' aaah tsa down. In their report, made at the direction of board of control, jthe department heads said the he wine gone. reason: It's against the law to mail buying a fresh Christmas tree, keeping it in water, and on a solid base. HEAD TABLE Head table guests at the din- ner were Police Chief Walter Johnston, Con. Margaret Shaw, Fire Chief Stacey and Mrs. Stacey, Ross White, chairman of the dinner and Mrs. White, James Feltis, chairman of the lice Chief D, F, Ferguson. Con. Shaw _ presented an "award of merit' from the | in connection with noise is up 25 per cent this year. | He said the number of im- paired and drunk driving} objective was|Ccharges laid has climbed stead-|man of ily, and feels this is because officers now know they have} breathalizer equipment and trained operators to back up had to be falling down drunk to be arrested." | Inspector Smyth didn't ex-| newer wider city streets being constructed. "These four - lane} drag strips built by the en-| gineers are where the accidents) and injuries are taking place.'"'| requiring police traffic offence. whose employers hamstring him in the carrying out of his| South. The fire was quickly ex-|scribed the morning as "slack,|/He predicted that |duties."" | labout the same as last year." |years, China might be able to nother MEMBERS OF the Great- er Oshawa Community Chest heard yesterday that 4,400 had been collected at Eaton's 6f Canada, Oshawa, for the recent campaign, From the left, James Matthew, Eaton's manager, Safety League to the widow of} the late Herbert Mackie, an} active citizen in the commu- nity, who died while serving in his second year as chair-| the Oshawa Safety} League. During the evening, the elec- tion of a new executive took place. James Feltis is the new secretary, |their decisions. "Before, a guy| chairman, Joe Reid, vice-chair- man, Miss Barbara Crawford,| the secretary and Donald Free-| man, treasurer. | | BIG SURPRISE 'of transport's Oshawa Shopping A big surprise awaited Con-|Centre office this morning. stable Tom Holmes of the Osh-| awa Police Department when he the office opened at 8:30 a.m. car Thursday|By 10:30 a.m. 88 of Inspector Smyth is not com-| morning after walking his dog.| plates had been handed out. |pletely pleased with regulations|The car was in flames and a returned to his r ring | to make an)total loss. Fire department per-| white background, the reversal sons why the United States will jidentification of a driver before sonnel, responding to the fire, of.this year's colors. The crown experience a downfall. le jthey can charge him with a/ could say no more than that thejon this year's plates does not\her '"'blind and irrational \fire started by itself. The car,|appear on the new i : "We are the only employee|a 1963 model, was parked near does the word "Confederation." |down with the most populous|but they are frustrated. the foot of Stevenson Road) tinguished. Mrs. M. M. Martin, repre- senting shopping centre can- vassers, John C. McHardy, chairman of the Eaton's Safety League and: Deputy Po- 19 jopened in those areas of the|the United Church of Canada's {in line to receive his new li-|t5 end, the United States would ing pot shots at the United wid lcommittee on The Church an cence plates at the department) iter 'a disastrous blow." Ten persons stood in line as} the new rh second reco: i t > 2 - ° officials had confiscated the |why many transit systems in|should pick up when the Octo-|meet the council's traffic com-|Sccomd recommendation that all) There are 58 non-union per: time worked in excess of althose who were given time off hard on its merits and demerits employee at his option may|equitable. Attracts 27 P | - Vi t W Bruce Annand, general man-|\P2yment. overtime received the same ro onging 1e nam ar sultants for the project, Deleuw it out," said Mayor Ernestition as an employee who work- advanced poll of Monday's 'r Ligh ntti A a ag hl me, well and good.' z extra work's ve Roy Barrand said this morning. i ited States in-|"is a weak position not worthy a eee ee ay : Con. Ralph Jones suggested a} It was pointed out that some . poll clerks, who won't be able to i -|how closely they are involved T. M ed sons at a meeting of the Osh ay ke arget 1SS ment, and when that figure was|less than the union personnel Mr, Barrand said. Vietnam, that Canadians|Ccontracts and sale of arms. overtime earnings were added. many more votes or none at!_i+ off trade with the U.S.,/Canadians should take the Unit-| deadline. Monday's vote is for areas) _ in Vietnam. government. They are: granted, a two-month extension. Road and east of Wilson Road|shipping "'false gods, lexport of arms and war mate-|Malleable Iron Co, Ltd., Front P d F Cit St tf |pire"" and its: belief in "the| 2--If no such restrictions are|Pleted studies to find suitable ropose or | y polling stations being opened| 'Americans believe they) "It is most discouraging,' | cided it would be best if the eity|the present trend there might ; ; ; »/arms and war materials to the) r 4 The referendum will determine/direct the affairs jofficer, Dr. James Watt. "I had! necs for staff when the city hall had been left for expansion in q|# group of citizens to carry out| a plans on what they -Instead they indicated favor) She said she also thought a . "if "Americans have developed &| considerable military equip-| months and that is it. as far as|and other places in the area tojer's and engineering depart- : the world through economic)yce in Vietnam," he said a! lread ti Con. Robert Nicol said he had tive would be to lay a legal|Teady operating. ' , or New Licence a present sale and distribution of quoted Americans in his Dr. Watt said he was dis-\came in to discuss space ar-jcellent service. "You put | g osed locations he said that one) Mayor Ernest Marks said one He said major U.S. compan-| "As. neighbors, and because ing period before the regula-|P been esti-|the United States, we must be!" Rot, firms, he said, had now\lower floor structure in the|inated queues and the need for The new plates are blue on a| Mr, Hord offered three rea-|said. "Deep military and ec0-/tiqn menace because they said| The lunch room now being used|site for the lunch room might anti-|ican ministers I have spokenitgpy managers could not be|fices for aldermen. |have to be shared with com- wine cities across the country had'ber figures came out. | mittee. |department heads and deputies) sonnel, some of whom were : fa Ais sti -- |: he comintielon: lopked. at an|b@ paid at straight time for alljnow paid overtime, but for A d ance ) ll R H d A U S Duilding aud debated lone una\36% hour week, but that the|in lieu the position was not V 0 eV, or ccuses ahve 2 ube led that thelk Flees convert up to 724 hours into} Under this arrangement a should not be made public equivalent time off in lieu of|person who worked 3614 hours id iris woes Sank cai ager, has already met the con- "I don't think we should spelljcompensation by way of vaca- yesterday on the first day of the Cather of Canada pihahees a if il one get a me hours or _, ia ae ] Rev. J. R. Hord, a United| He said Prime Minister Pear- i ay off here or there for over- ere was also difficult liquor referendum, city clerk|Church minister, took pot shots|son's stand on the Vietnam war hi P II ti ue om egg ep "Most of the votes were cast|yolyement in Vietnam. of our Canadian government." IF ollunon i tage of overtime|supervisory employees, who by deputy returning officers and .|He said Canadians must admit |jcertain percentage of overtime) s . 4 Mr. Hord told about 100 per should be done without pay-|were non-union, often earned leave their posts on Monday," ittee to End the War|in the. war through defence r, r ' a ib daang la Two Oshawa firms have failed/exceeded payment could be/they supervised after their I don't know if there will be! -nouid ask the government to| Mr. Hord said a group of|to make today's air pollution|made. all," he added. which is helping to prolong the/ed Church's suggestions to the| They have asked for, and been M h = l L h R south of Bloor Street, west of| US. of wor-| 1--To use restrictions on allj/ The firms are Fittings Ltd., ec anica unc. oom Park Road, north of Rossland| He accused the U.S. ie 'tel'new? Canadian contracts for|135 Bruce St. and the Ontario la annexed in 1922 and|"vast, world-wide economic em-| "tet Wr ea | Street. Both were to have com- ph 4 ae to 7 . | The advance poll continues|divine right' of America the Canadian gov-|methods of combating air pollu-| ; today and Saturday, with 81|world leadership. oki tag oe pres Sicouras-| '100 in their factories by today,| Board of control yesterday ieee who pointed out that with 'ling and facilitating the sale of| * . | i i from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday./have been chosen re. God to] Ne an 3 lsaid the city's air pollution kept out of the cafeteria ed pest Plog sag whenag apitey- teed of man, | ; S.A. | {ere , f ; | ; j beverage rooms can belsaid Mr. Hord, a member of] 'it isnt also be possible for sete a ee addition is completed. the office sections. erat : ; demonstration against. a' or a vending machine lunch| there was a disproportionate of- ° e ee Se Canadian company which sells) Meped to pee it two more|room, and are to visit factories|fice allowance for the treasur- City Man First stranglehold on the nations Of/ment to the United States for! ism concerned. Maybe an alter.{£et @ first hand look at some al-| ments. expansion," he said. "If the) Mr. Hord, who frequently| varge but I don't think that) The question arose whenjseen vending machine lunch : Vaud Pre an ' ded an ex- Morley Dean Wyman, 124/a>ms to other nations and theicneech, said he did so "to would serve much purpose. architect William Pentland|rooms and they provided an ex Park Rd. N., Oshawa, was first) war in Vietnam were suddeniy| chow it is not a 'Canadian' tak-| , \ sinted that the firms had not/fangements in the annex. money in the slot," he said, made use of the two-year wait-| Producing plans of the pro-j"and out comes a hot dinner. | States." % tions | troduced to pre-,of the most suitable places|was in use at Durham College ies have "sizable" defence con-|our economy is linked up with| nore tiie. weberaink: _ might be on the roof. of the;which was effective. It elim- tracts and it has v | mated one million jobs depend/deeply concerned with the poli-| decided to find more economical existing city hall, but it would/hiring catering staff. on the present war effort. jcies of the Americans, means of combating the pollu-|cost $100,000 to reinforce it.| Mr. Pentland said another |nomie involvement is causing] present methods would increase|by city hall staff on the first/be in the new tower section, in He said|the war in Vietnam. All Amer-| the price of their products. Fac-|floor is to be converted into of-|which case the space would ones, nor|communism is inviting a show-|(0 are deeply against the war reached for comment today. |! Answering Con# Margaretimittee rooms. A clerk at the department de-|nation of the world -- China. in a few -- |wage a 'major' war against ithe United States and win. | Mr. Hord said democracy could be destroyed by the "'ex- treme cruelty" of the Vietnam war. He also said the US. could "collapse from within" from racial strife and rebellion of the poor. "There is, of course, a direct link between the war in Viet- nam, which is costing 25 billion dollars a year, and the riots in several American cities, where the negroes give vent to their frustrations over poor housing, unemployment, racial discrim- ination and a reactionary con- gress which has reduced gov- ernment grants for the war on poverty," he said. "Parents who see their chil- dren bitten by rats don't think it's very funny." He said American police are being trained in the use of riot controls, which means "they are being trained as soldiers to regard the crowd as an enemy." "Are asked. strikes riots?," he ' SAFE DRIVING | Today. is the first day of! and Kenneth Smyth, budget |"Safe Driving Week", sponsor-| said in Oshawa last night chairman of the Greater jed by the Canadian Highway} Canada should decline all Oshawa Community <hest. ben Council and running to| defence contracts with. the hawa Phote |Dec, 7. United States, Terrence the war is caused by American investment and military in- volvement and he predicted the downfall of the United States. Library auditorium. Dr C. H. Vipond officially thanked Mr. Hord who spoke to 100 persons, The speaker said the Vietnam staff charitable committee, O'Connor, centre, was chairman of the meeting of the Oshawa Committee to End the War in Vietnam at McLaughlin Public REV. J. R. Hord, left,