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i eightieth yearno 43 acton ontario thursday april 21st y955 terr pages six cent lack of space hard on ue efforts to hold meetings here by staff culmination of action by local groushn refusing meeting space to the communistdominated united electrical workers of america was reached this week when acton council took a firm stand against the redled union and efforts of its outoftown otganlxers to meet in the town hall acton was yesterday joined in effort to ride out the ue known to the canadian congress of labor to be redled y representatives from the rival international union of electrical radio and machine workers cclck who told the free press the ue will never organize in acton on request the ocx stated as authority the ue was expelled fro both congre uhe canad ian congress ot labor and tne in 5 of industrial organisations because our membership was satis fied the ue was communist con trolled this is not to say that the oe members were communist the ue wa expelled from the oclcjo in cleveland in the fall of 1940 ilfciwara oat in georgetown near home the ue was thrown out as agent for employees of srokh andgtone ltd georgetown in 1947 after the membership lost an observation during the past week an incident of acton town hall rental has been pyramided into an episode that went beyond the confines of the community and in the shuffle became a canadawide matter the discussion became the concern of everyone here and elsewhere it was a climax to a series of charges and assertions against a new industrialist who had just come to acton and established his business in acton these assertions were instigated outside this com munity that ras until this date enjoyed favorable relationship with a variety of unions representing acton workers it is to be hoped this matter can be brought back into the proper perspective in the thinking of the citizens of acton and that incidents of the past week will be relegated to the circles in which they belong the attitude of citizens in acton is not antiunion but is op posed only to unions which have proven communist leaders such as the ue which have been ousted from the canadian congress oi ijioor and plants in which their conduct was not satisfactory to employees they represented in an industrial town suchas actoivunions have a definite place and perform a valuable service in the welfare of its citizens lets keep our heads and good judgment in choosing wisely and accepting our responsibilities of citizenship in acton and in canada a dicls editor ie l evewino of the c years study are mem 1 heron ladies of the duke of devonshire chapter iode provid- the new canadians naveeen i ed refreshments after the last class monday and two films were siii riimo pictured bers of the basic english classes stu during the winter with teachers gordon ringler and jack shown mayor tyler replied- adding the council was not hound to rent the nan to anyooay was the door to the hall pad locked mr footitt queried yes said the mayor are we going to have padlock law in this town mi footitt ask ed no replied mayor tyler but we heard theyd take over the hall anyway when rental was refused to them the door was locked mr footitt continued there are dbout 25000 in this union its not confidence in this unions ability j a communist union in membership totarry ut satisfactory collective but it may be communist dominat- bargaining stanley allen former cd dont think we should bc- local president of the international come involved in such a dispute at brotherhood of electrical workers all ajfjl which succeeded the ue in j councillor lindsay injected here smith and stone said the george- to emphasize the way these org- feh their action well anlratinns operate he said a lel- taken particularly after the uk iter was left around town from the was labelled in 1949 by the cio as ue committee written by the or- new tapes nets needed for courts plims for the coming year were discussed when a meeting of the terans club was held monday at the home of mr and mrs j gra ham a euchre is one of the coming projects new tapes and nets are to be pur chased it was decided that fees will remain the same this year a nominating com tiittee was ap pointed lo arrange a slate of of- f icers into political shades of attitude on communistic activity ot goverii- meniai ami social levels then re- turned to the hall refusal debate acted on conviction the town had a right to refuse the rental of the hall to the uei as an outside organization coun cillor langford said the ue isnt organized here yeli you know j elections an address on summer the government thinks they camps and a square dunce lughlieht- egitimate bargain- t t fma meeting of the public c taylor heads home and schoo council raps misuse of dump area as cause of fire hazards eyesore indiscriminate unloading of refuse third line iireu were discussed ut was interested in luiturul gas lo the- and wastepaper neur or inside tlie length the mayor ultimately usked extent wjiere his company could local dump areu whs rapped by u recoiiimendiition from committee make u survey unit draw up a frun- counell- monday night when the be brought in to deal with the dump cliisc for councils scrutiny mayor described haphazard burning problem i tis compuhy would be hnppy of paper as dangerous to neurby later this week town foreman purchase uny gas found by u local a kirkness reported a bulldozer man whb is apparently exploring had given the dump u thorough go- for gas around here the repre- mg over nnddearcdmorm to p se mild the nun hope was farm buildings and irresponsible dumping along the third line as nil eyesore whether a fence would rectify li problem in part seemed doubtful as in seasonal shape the expressed that citizens alternatives were sought to locking who use the dump will leave refuse i uhe uei are mg agency mr footitt rejoined we happen to be the govern ment of this municipality mayor tyler stated and we can make our own decisions in this case he went on a majority of the council acted on its convictions and a de ision was made i didnt like the way the vote was taken mr footitt countered referring to the telephone poll oi members that ted 16 the decision to disallow use of the town hall u the dump entirely a representative of the county health unit suggested an incinerator might help the situa tion several councillors wen doubtful if it would be used propi lv by the public conditions at the dump and pub lie practios in leaving waste at the communist controlled mr allen said that in 1947 it was believed that some of the higher officers in the ue were sympathetic to the communist party indirect action by the chamber of commerce was taken two weeks ago in- the form of a letter to em ployees of the s g smallwood plant which began electrical parts manufacture here in february the chamber letter asked the emp loyees to investigate the union be fore they signed the letter did not exhort the em ployees not to join a union as ue organizers later claimed it did legion tarns dawn ball last week the local branch of the canadian lesion voted not to rent their hall to the ue for organ ization meetings the hall had been rnlorj i thl un inn once hpfnre gtnizers full of propaganda about i tn k the chamber of commerce coun- u u to color lindsay explained the motive ntcrests la- protect a firm whicu we went tn much time and expent of the chamber in writing to the j smallwood employees and said the ue organizers had replied by say ing in the letter left about town that the chamber urged the em- 1 ployees not to join any union- the chamber had not urged this at all j he pointed out misinterpreted letter j should we help this union or- to bring here in the interests the town mr langford replied here it was expressed that tle operations of the ue are likely to kill any chances of the smallwood plant getting established and prop erly organizing operations in ac ton discuss reported tactic there was also some discussion mere wa iusu ome uimjuium gam when we know its com- 1 uicics rcportcd used b halmoc vlirroamc munistdominated the mayor de- ue nr ln att to cainl ilumic jucmwila munistdominated the mayor de- ue orrarilzcrs ln au to rain i manded after mr footitt replied support and 50 become the barg- to mr lindsays comments that he still didnt thinlc the counted should interfere mr footitt repeated he didnt think council should get involved every time i get a chance to officials in charge of renting an other i urge hall in acton this week greed they would not let this pri vate hall to the ue the action by the chamber the legion and other civic groups was motivated by responsible inform ation from the ccl and other un ion leaders that the united elect rical worker is controlled in is- highcr echelons b men known to have communist records monday night this information was made pubuc at a regular meet ing of town council and as a stam un t iommunists i t p support lining ageiit for the smallwood i employees i councillors irwin and footitt i stood their original ground reiter ating council should not become involved in labormanagement b do it as a private citizen or mayor mayor tyler exclaimed i councillor irwin joined the de- j bate id like to see council keep j out of laborsmanagcment relat- i ions he said after agreeing hi didnt have any use for commu i ists either at this point stress- was agau laid on the errors in the ues in terpretation of the chamber n 1 think in time the situation wili adjust itself councillor newton oberved clerk megeachic asked council for direction- if the ue shuuw seek rental of the hall again one member commented that it i was doubtful if theyd ask for tn- riall again j no immediate anver was i u the clerk and members again sid- schciol home and school association on monday evening a coniimtue was set up to luuk after the purchase of a piano for the school auditorium milton watson a former student ut acton school and now a high school principal in hamilton gave a most interesting talk on summer camps illustrated with colored contract for the three room ad- slides a former schoolmate joe dltion at acton high school wtis huim introduced the speaker awarded monday rrrgrrt u t 1j mackenzie and sun of acton tot j- cost of the new additiun will be 36j0 id the cuiitractor stipulated a completion date of september 5 in ins bid to the north hilton disl- rict high school lloard j b mackenzie and son were the builder of the original build ing last year and the new addition follows closely the design and structure of the original building subcontractor on the plumbing and heating are sanitary plumbing and heating of fergus and electric wiring total of these three sub contracts amounts to 8303 17 of the total contract jirice by the success ful bidder work is to commence at once following the awarding of the contract seven tenders for worst there wire seven tenders for the the resignation of frank crump work wilh th ton bri at w8750 if th local planning ls interesting to note that the board was accepted wednesday tw st tenders were both ac- night with regret by members mr r cio messrs jores and crump is taking a new position out- vn bld wl second at 3800 and waste well inside the gules asks natural as survey a rcpres ntntivc of national las co ltd tiler in the meeting that his com- pahv had sufficient supply potential to meet the needs this ar a hi contract awarded for 36600 for addition to acton school principil of speaker the evening ended with u square dance which was enjoyed by an en ergetic few 1 the following were elected to executive for the coming year 1 president cyril taylor past presi dent wes wolfe vice president mrs r r parker secretary mrs j calder treasurer chas landsboi- fough executive mrs j black mrs g bsirbeiu mrs c leatherland herman frueler rtill mattocks lome masters mrs j s sargent wilson will become tim worth- high school thtee new teticliii s have itgaged ijn the acton stalf to questions by mayor tyler the speaker replied any behttfits ac cruing to the town would liv to con sumers themselves he doubted if naturul gus would prove a serious the united competitive threut to hydro electric told council wer retailed here by u pubjicly authorized commission taklinf leave the reresenlativ promised f the tiireetowns i t- supply further data and inforiii- usked if r council ation at the request of council j a hruiiipton man who recently bid on local evtcr excavati work sought councils reasons why lie was not fa voted with the lender award council explained the award was made on recommendation qf tike sewer committee which hud legiti mate reasons for its choice still mfork in warren cirove a copy of i letter from it v an derson associates informed council ben mi f crump chairman of planning board cyril buchanan of mountview si oil ilelluch of kitchener and mrs valcryotte who liow iisiriis at al- kell the teacher for commercial vvork has not yet been secured negotiate to fill vacancie negotiations ore in progress fur two teaohers to fill vacancies on the staff at georgetown and these have not been finally confirmed correspondence was read re garding the liability insurance at milton and acton schools which will come up for renewal this montiino action wts taken pend ing i report from the boards bro kers sinn contractor george schultz has been told there is still cleanup work to be finished at this subdivi sion i discussion of the sewer account payments on new tension costs was briefly held councillor c lindsay questioned a 750 purchase ol a truck from garner motors the money was taken out of jlhe deben ture issue councillor a irwin said it was cheaper to buy a truck for this work than to hire one for the duration of the job he emphasized that a truck wus certainly needed an account of 14 with the on tario municipal board was ordered paid as the tariff on recent sewer accounts paserf for payment and am wuwr mum t b salaries i for april amounted lo a t y councillor irwin 1030150 about u mess around the arena and present at the meeting held in in the garage shed predicated dis- acton high school- were messrs cussion tin whether or not a local forgrave cook utlls carbert man shou be allowed to use the brown cole chairman w pickett and hall and coon presided commerce letter turning to an- tracked mtji the uncttled ahd di- other aspect several members d turbing cir surrounding i bated the criterion council should j the situation at the pan suit members ruled to bar the uk t in renting or not renting the from gathering in the town hall conviction on the part of council lors that the ue is communist- dominated led to their decision twhile firm in this conviction mown for meetings but tha doesn t go for this communistled outfit the mayor said discussion veered for a moment it was noted local police have been town hall called to stand by at noon and 5 it was emphasized council never i pm to guard against any public- has or never would refuse rental i disturbances of the hall to other onion locals n it was after 1 am tueday morning when council on reeve j hargraves lead agreed by a majority vote not to allow of the town hall to the ue rental mayor e tyler told the free press following the meeting that nvithor he nor any member of council is against a union organizing in the j smallwood plant butjhe stressed he and the council are againvt the communstledue organizing a local in this town heated and bitter words before this decision was reached however an exchange of words so many fathers and sons attend- altogether there were 185 lads that were sometimes heated and jh annual banquet in the y on and dads packed into the rooms tor hitter passed over the council table thursday evening of last week that the most successful event this was overflow crowd attends sixth father and son banquet at y as members thrashed out the go- sip and propaganda from the facts about the ue it fight to certify membership in the smallwood plant and confusion that has beer thrown a r hind managementlabjr relations tn this factory deputyneve footitt initiated the debate when he told of a let ter left on his front door ir this letter he said it stated the workers at the smallwood plant were re fused the use of the town hall for j a meeting they were refxised because they were led by an agitating and com- munistic group mayor tyler an- swered are we going o do something that both governments wont do mr footitt asked referring to dis crimination on a political basis the mayor explained he had con tacted most councillors by phone when it was found out the ue was positively redled and the coun cillors contacted had agreed they should not let the hall to such a tm nbt in sympatny with this union mr footitt continued but on what grounds can we refuse them the h we tevetproosliiis is definitely a gosmnunistlet organimtion when they were about to begin was discovered there was not ac comodation for all of them at the tbles in the downstairs meeting trxm hastily another 30 place were set ir the new leaders corps krunge downstairs- there was sufficient food for all with roast turkey featured dessert was pic and ice cream fishing contest again this spring v the free press will again this year sponsor a fishing contest on the first weekend of the fishing season flsh over 10 inches in length will be eligible fishermen are asked to contact the f5e press on monday may 2 and to keep that- big fish on ice meanwhile a picture of it- will be necessary tq prbv to those other sportsmeh you catch isnt just an other fislj story prizes again this year a print of the picture to prove your pes- side of town he was succeeded in i the chair by c i mickey i holmes who presided over last nights meet- ing j a large part of the session was riven lo discussion of facts involved in a desire for transfer of lease ob ligations by f quee who let a par cel 4 land in the juny property before it was sold to trie fraleigh construction co for svbdivision pin poses mi timers of the board considered mr quees problem involved legal complications but pointed out the lease in the first place was contrary to the subdivision control bylaw it was suggested all parties involved should get together and iron the matter out the board agreed to apply for a corporate membership at 25 with the community planning associa tion of canada and thus receive eight copies of all literature town planning consultant f a deacon in an interim reporj des cribed efforts to collect available contour maps of acton and tabled cunuct aerial prints- of the town he proposed a photorhatic contour sur vey to provide complete- and ac curate ground date this may be undertaken at a later date discussion was held at length as mr deacon outlined action to be followed preparatory to the creat ion of a town plan tr the cimplite construction mr harnett and mr turner ar chil ct- were present at theimeel- ing and asured the board that tne specific tuns and- detail- for the milton high school would be ready for next week and ampio time was available for finishing- before the ipening of the fall term inspections of rhe schools at ac ton and georgetown were to be made next week with details handlj ed by uie contractor for repairs thji were necessary before release of the guarantee of the structure arrange salary schedule the management committee re ported on the arrangement made on salary schedule at a meeting held wth the principals of the three schools the schedule calledj for a minimum of 3 100 and s32c0 for specialists maximum was set at 5100 and 5200 for specialists a bonus this year in ad- ditionto the annual increment wus made for ail present members of thp taf of 100 and 200 to prin cipals maximum salaries of prin cipals was set at 6200 the secretary reported that teachers at milton had bceir en- fag d mr begin of burlington mr ixe of guelph pac ard miss ry an of seaforth the resignation of mr care wilson from the milton stiff was accepted with regret mr hire nine teachers for acton schools stx new teachers have been hi- ed by the acton public sch board ant three by the morth hal- ton school ilislrirt ixiard to foi vacancies in the actrn school stals next fall on tfce high school staff will ctrl pieljusch cyril buchanan an 1 mrs valcryotte mr piellusci comes from kitchener mr bucli- ariin from mourtview and mr valeryrjtte frum arke a tirachi r for the commercial department ha not been secured yet mrs muric simpson will be moving irto tolwn from ixirn scho d j to- leach in actat public ichool salary i mlss na jennings a graduate of teachers coiege from acton wil be coming to her home town to teach miss denise coles who mov park track to run his sulky when the gatcii are locked to other users before couhril ruled to close ihe park uj all liters until the ground became firinr councillor j new- ton suggested fijn be poted up offering a reward for infotmation leading to tin- conviction ofperbons found doing willful damage to the property this suggestion was i greeted with approval set anlde llalrdrewien bylaw reviewing the work sheets coun cillors noted a variety of items to be attended lo in ensuing weeks these included repairs to catch basins manholes and ditches as well as grading and sand and rubble clearing in various suctions of town j robson of the halton county thealth unit reported or bull the m oh was favorable to the hair dressers bylaw draft recently stud- led by council he said the unit would oorxratv with council where required purpose iif the bylaw was reas sessed in i view of information offer ed by mr robson who pointed out the health unit already ha prjvi- scription to the free press the sixth annual father and soi banquet jsponsored by the acton ys mens club attendance was the highest ever e footitt was chairman for the t gram which highlighted an address by don groff bjys work cretary of the kitchener ymc a he ihwed film srip and told of the actual meaning behind the intials ymca the fourfold pur pose was explained subject of hs tilk wai whats in a name grace by rev e- jones preceded the meal and ken knox chairman halton county council in regular these children- to fit them social of the y board welcomed the out- j session last tuesday approved a ly and eventually to provide gain- standing crowd to the event harry i grant of 2500 to the oakville dis- ful employment in the association- gran sf 2500 for work i county aid edfrom acton to brampton abtut for inspection of hairdressing establishments in view of ihis and other data revealed by mr robson council agreed to withhold passing of the bylaw which is aimed main ly at health and sanitation control but contained an inference to em ployment restrictions bef rc mr ribion left a discus sion ori trie nuisance value of put- side privies prevailed the health unit repfescntative said the public health act allows a bylaw tci pro hibit those structures when they- be come offensive to health legisla tion which can compel the owner of an outside privy to connect to sani tary sewers was reviewed with stress on the extent of power under two years ago has been teaching piano in acton and now will toah c as well mrs donalda switzer who taught in acton before is returning from erin mis cay ijiughlin is comi j tp the stjfffrom weflirrtor coun ty and wayne stratton wh home is in wallaceburg c me he- from hespeler school r retarded children otterbein introduced the head table guests joe hurst proposed the toast to the sons and jon hurst gave the toast to the fathers a singsong was led by charlie kirkness with ted hansen at the piano i bob ridsdale and she y wizard club entertained with magic before the speaker was introduced bill benson thanked the speaker concluding the program the dinner was catered to by to catortal prowess and a tears sdb meaabters of thehc menai h a m auxiliary tricl association for retarded j work shops children following a brief pres- 1 transportation of- children from ented by brig james roberts pres- j milton bronte and burlington idert of the association he urged council to consider assistance with the project of purchasing a build ing to conduct classes for this group of children it was estimat ed 10 000 was necessary for the capital expenditure further he advised members there were more retarded children in the county than one would real ize the rate in ca was four for every iqoo persons and not been devised to kive training to ployees including the governor the act and local bylaws which a and hisajisistant this action waslprrheallhjjirftinyuar ttken after sheriff w j robert- j beferred to punabag baard son on behalf of the employees council advised f quee to sp- requested readjustment of the poach the planning board with si wage at the last council meeting i p f and transfer mr que the classes was the largest prob- the increases retroactive to jan- j pnd out he holds a lease with iem to be faced- however he felt that once a school was established in its own building financing qould be carried on by the assoc iation with assistance from indiv iduals service clubs and govern ment grants the minimum starting salary of jail employees was set at x500 per year according to a wage scale re commended by the property com- uary i 1955 will become effective j p bu p a year granted to all other jail em- on approval of the department accounts totalling 2030876 were approved and ordered to be paid considerable discussion arose when reeve harold adklns nel son chairman of the property committee inquired if work had begun remodelling the basement of the registry office and if the mic rofilming machine had been order- oontinued on page five der ten acres in an area which has been sold to a developer for subdi vision he was not aware that his position left him contraventive to the subdivision control bylaw be indicated clerk j afcceachie told members there is some confusion at the municipal board aver the sewm tental scheme in the to wni servic extensionbylaw for queen street co on fpi ti -sa-