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If last minute negotiaâ€" tions between union negotiâ€" ators and Moffats Ltd., fail to bring agreement some 600 workers at the Denison Rd., plant between Jane St. and Weston Rd., will probâ€" ably vote to strike. . _ One s o urce said there will© be final negotiations today and Friday between management and _ Local 3129, United Steel Workâ€" ers of America, in an efâ€" fort to resolve the dispute, but hopes of a settlement are not too great. BITTERNESS _ The controversy over a new wage contract has created some bitterness as well as sparking sevâ€" eral brief wild cat strikes earlier this month. ~ One observer said that the bilâ€" terness swirling around the preâ€" sent negotistions was absent in April 1965 when Moffats workers marched..off the job for three weeks. The US.W. local has accused the company of union busting and of "trying to force a strike on us."A union letter advised memâ€" bers to "have a good holiday" and to return to strike headquarters on their return July 31 if final negotiations fail. The plant closed the last three weeks of this month to give the majority of workers and manageâ€" ment a threeâ€"week holiday. The U.S.W. letter dated Julyx 20. urges_the membership to reâ€"| port for picket duty Monday, July 31. "if no contract settlement has | been reached by that time." It {urther advises: "If you are goâ€" ing on vacation we hope you enâ€" ioy yourselves and forget about the troubles forced on you by the company." | 600 OUT OF WORK A letter from the company to employees said Moffats has made four offers to the press operators this month. It offered incentive bonuses on an individual basis in stead of in a group plan and apâ€" parently this is one of the chief differences be‘ween management and the union. A senior official of the Onlario Labor Conciliation Board said vesterday that both parties had been before the board but no agreement could be reached. Several observers predict it could be a nasty strike with reâ€" sentment running high in both camps. of appeal to the OMB if, in th& opinion of the minister, the reâ€" cuest was made in badâ€"faith, was ffivolous, or, was made for the purpose of delay. Council argued that the minister should not have the duthority to make such deâ€" cisions. 1 Attending the July 27 presenâ€" tation in the parliament buildings vere Irwin Haskett, Minister of ‘Transport; W. Q. #MNR, De puty Minister of Transport; R. H. Humphrey, Registrar of Motor Vehicles; and James Service, maâ€" yor of North York. s Altempts to reach company and wnion negotiators Tuesday and| Wednesday to confirm reporls.; failed. Switchboard. operators at | union headquarters and the head | office al Moffats said senior ofâ€"‘ ifcials are away on holidays. The suggested amendment s‘ales that decisfons of the Deâ€" partment of Municipal Affairs in. olving planning disputes would he tina!. There would be no right 17 Graduate From Motorcycle School Certificates and licences were presented to 17 graduates of the North York motor eycle school, inday, the first school of its kind in Ontario. _ Silver â€" centennial © medallions were also presented to the three students who were rated highest in the Department of Trafsport examinalions. The officials could not be reached at their homes either. The BBrough of North York is agains‘ a proposed amendment to the legislation of the Planning Act which would effectively bar the right ofâ€" appeal which the municipality now possesses PREDICTS STRIKE AT MOFFATS Council Opposes Dictatorial Planning. Powers EVERYONE AWAY FOUR OFFERS ON HOLIDAY ‘ The application was previously rejected by council because the ‘ company failed to provide alter: native parking. The proposal has been kicked around since May ‘65, and now Eatons has permission to build providing that the "chain barrier‘ near the northerly end of the complex will be replaced by a permanent barrier, and that sufâ€" ficient parking area is provided. ! Fate of 20â€"Acre Park _ 50 Soccer Teams e s s Fifty teams will open the 1968] wa'ts Aug. I e‘ls‘on season. in all likelihood says the North York Minor Soccer Associâ€"| York council again delayed a;|a playground on top. there would ation. which is recognized as one| decision concerning Cedarvale] Still be a park shortage in the o; the biggest and most thoroughâ€" A demand by York Ratepayers / to see financial siatements of orâ€" ganizations | receiving | subsidies from taxes paid by taxpayers, may ge{ action. The T. Eaton Company Limited finally received approval from the North York council to erect an automatic car wash as well as an automotive service centre at the Yorkdale plaza. Aldermen Ben Nobleman and Cy Townsend failed to get ithe councilâ€"to ‘ask Metro for the cutâ€" and cover method of expressway construction. â€" At York council Monday Conâ€" troller Phil White and Alderman Ben Nobieman presented a reâ€" solution asking council to adopt a policy which would provide the financial statement of these orâ€" ganizations to ‘any citizen of the borough upon written request to council. * If Metro agreed to go under the park instead of taking 13 acres going through it, and built In the discussion that followed, Alderman Cy Townsend mentionâ€" Carwash Approved For Yorkdale Plaza A LOT OF MUSCLE the three little fellows at the right seem to be saying as they size up prospective players for this yvear‘s Invictus Redmen football squad. The players of the Weston Club have been practising their calisthenâ€" ics at Cedarvale park this week. On Monday, camp begins and the team which won the Ontario championshin last year will be issued uniforms. First game scheduled Aug. 25 at Richmond Hill. Uly Curtis who was last year‘s Redmen coach now héads the Richmond Hill squad. May See Financial Statements Peston IZimes K: Metro _ roa ds commissioner George Grant said it would cost an extra million dollars to fiâ€" nance the cutâ€"andâ€"cover method, but the aldermen feel that this is preferable to the expropriation of the 185 homes that would have to go to replace the lost portion of Cedarvale Park. ed that many of these organizaâ€" tions are not completely subsi dized by the public and Aiderman Chris Tonks said because this type of information is privileged. the legislative and property comâ€" mitiee should study the vesoluâ€" tion. Controller White concluded it is a problem of policy and sugâ€" gested to the Legislative and Proâ€" perty committee that if any orâ€" ganization wants a grant they ought to agree to show the finanâ€" cial statement to any York eitiâ€" zen who makes a request to see There is a growing uneasiâ€" ness among St. Lucie DrJ resiâ€" dents â€" forced to move into an Ontarie housing project*â€" that steps to save their homes overiooking the Humber Valâ€" ley may not be taken until it is too, late. Ten â€" families _ abandoned when Mayor James Service warned that there was a houses sliding into the river without notice. ; 4 Since then: negotiations be: St. Lucie Residents WESTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1967 Opened by Prime Minister Pearson in September, 1966, it was one of the first centennial projects to be completed in The North York Centennial} Centre on Finch Ave., west of| Bathhurst, is taking on new diâ€" mengions of service to. residents during centennial year. At a special meeting of coaches and pavents at Centennial Centre last Wednesda,, the association was formally ratified. The 196768 executive and committees were also elected. The Parks and Recreation Deâ€" partment is extremely enthusiasâ€" tic about the growing popularity of minor socce>, and the support of parents an coaches. & The first major production, the Canadian premiere of the Ontario Soil erosion and land slides have claimed the backyards of these houses in the Shepâ€" tween North York, the Metro executive . committee, Metra conservation authority and the Ontaric government have alâ€" consultants James McLaren Ltd. declared that the buildâ€" ings could slide too. Residents this week hope to complete a (1,500.name petiâ€" Kon urging North York to get entennial Centre Trustees Attack Weekly Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Verner, of Lawrence Ave. W., are overâ€" joyed at the arrival of Linda Marie. their only female descendâ€" | ant after five sons and six grandâ€" | sons. "Her arrival was two days too | EDC MNLLYN NMKN NE â€"early for my husbanc‘. birthday."! A huge civic centre complex said Mrs. Verner, but they areiis envisioned for the Borough of glad to have her nevertheless. / York in the joint staff report preâ€" Mrs. Verner‘s mother, 85, has sented to council by representaâ€" 12 grandchildren, and only two|tives of York board of education of them are girls. ‘and the municipality. Absolutely opposed to the civic centre was Alderman Walter Saunders. He said, "the board of educaâ€" School Board‘s Education Centre Is Running Into Stiff Opposition tion is trying to commit York council to building a civic centre it cannot afford. Alderman Chris Tonks said it would be just another cost to the municipality and add to the alâ€" ready high burden of education costs. He wanted to know what was meant by an education centre? They have been hoping for a girl in the family for about 10 years, and the first thing they intend to do is see her. Linda Marie was born in Kingâ€" ston General Hospital, to Russ and Betty Verner, on July 17. Her grandparents intend to visit her in August. By PEG GRANT North York board of education is looking into the feasibility of equipping 30 of its school buses and 20 maintenance units with a twoâ€"way mobile radio communicaâ€" tion system." > At a cost of $85.00 per month, or approximately $10,000 per year for 50 units on a lease basis (inâ€" cluding maintenance), this sysâ€" tem, if inau_srated, could save the board money. The fact that their bus operation is forced to ‘operate from two centres (Almore and administration building) conâ€" tributes to the need for radio service. The board will apply to the ueâ€" partment of Transport for assignâ€" ment of a frequency in the apâ€" propriate radio wave band, and then look at reports of other school boards who are operating such a system now to ascertain if it would prove effective for this board. centennial ice pageant. took place in March of this year. North York residents can be proud of their centennial project and look forward to many shows and services, one of which is the centennial summé&r hockey school. Other skating services will be available throughout the summer. For further information conâ€" tact the Parks and Recreation Dept. at 766â€"3481. _ The rapidly increasing variety of uses and widely divergent desâ€" tinations of buses in the school program has made it most necesâ€" sary that the bus drivers and the dispatcher be able to contact each bther. The driver should not have on with the job of buttressing the ravime to protect their pre peries. The petition asks counâ€" cil to at least solve the soil erosion problem by installing a properly designed drainage system. Cost of diverting the river and constructing a retaining wall is in excess of $400,000. The Ontarie government has agreed to pay half the cost and North York has found a $100,000 to correct the situaâ€" $100,008 %hat semsone bas to After 11 Boys Finally A Girl! chool â€"Buses to Get Radio in a Cold Sweat "Is it a glorified place to hold| The board of education has meetings?" {‘been seeking more adequate Mayor Mould explained lz!m‘hcilifiu than their present adâ€" the education centre would be | ministration building on Tretheâ€" needed to house :dmmutnuon‘wey Drive. They are suggesting The board claims it hasn‘t an education centre be built in enough space in the present Coronation Park, north of York‘s building. municipal buildings on Eglinton, LAND NEEDED west of Yorktown Drive. If a decision is made to build PNDERONE RODr the education centre, sufficient _ York has plans of its own for land would be sold to the board a large addition on the north of education by the borough at side of its municipal building. If a decision is made to build the education centre, sufficient land would be sold to the board of education by the borough at the current appraised value and a parking study would be unâ€" dertaken to take care of the parking needs of the corporation, the education centre, the centenâ€" mial building, the magistrate‘s court and the police department. FURTHER STUDY Alderman James Trimbee sugâ€" gested a further study of the report be made. ‘A recent editorial in the Wilâ€" | lowdale Enterprise accused the | board of taking it orders from ‘ithe North York mayor, James | Service. 4 council that the borough is not committed to any set course. Controller _ Wes _ Boddington| To do this, coronation park asked that decision be deferred would lose some parkland. until the planning board and the parks and recreation committee | OPFPOSITION have had a look at the report. | Several York aldermen spoke * * ® | out against the proposal at York EDUCATION CENTRE _ | Council. They felt that a complex to leave the bus load of students unattended. & While at least one member of the board (trustee Mrs. Lorraine Dean) was of the opinion that the board was going to discuss both sites for the new adminstraâ€" tion building. it would seem that this body, now that the North York council has approved their Not to Make Mud Pies in The mudroom serves as a place to get rid of extra dirt in the summer, or as a storage room for boots and rubbers in winter. It is usually located at the rear entrance, or in an end of the garâ€" age. The Canadian Insitute of Plumbing and Heating advises that a "mudroom‘‘ be installed in houses as a buffér between the great outdoors and the inside of the home. Plans for such a room in a new home should have careful consiâ€" deration. A North York weekly was blastâ€" ed by school trustees Monday for calling them a bunch of ‘stooges‘, The install:tion of one in an existing home need not be costly, if a reliable plumbing contractor is consulted. slippery clay could give way anytime. Cracks in the foundâ€" afions of several houses indiâ€" cate the urgency of the pro blem and one resident who inâ€" spected his $25,000 home this week discovered that the clay seil is beginning to fall away trom the foundation. produce before the conservaâ€" tion authority will step in and do the job. sit on a clay embankment 70 fest above the Humber, The soil consultants warned counâ€" He reminded the members of For Calling Them ‘Stooges CIVIC CENTRE At.its last meeting‘ in 1966, the Parks and Recreation and Perâ€" sonne! committee recommended to York Council that I. F. Cronsâ€" submit a report regarding vacaâ€" tions of department heads. * need to know all about the backâ€" ground material before making a decision on a millionâ€"dollar comâ€" \ plex." | resolution, must accept the fact | that they are now in the new | Willowdale civic centre. tion offices under one roof. At present a number of offices are in the Weston municipal buildâ€" ing, 2000 Weston Road. # Several locations have been considered but the report favorâ€" ed constructing a civic centre complex of buildings, north of the municipal building, which would serve as a focal point for borough administration and proâ€" vide convenient service faciliâ€" ties to the ratepayers of the community. aning , _ The exercise walk, with railing at both sides, is provided with benches, and so adds to the confiâ€" | dence of the visitors. | The sittingâ€"out area is also . easily reached from the buildings. |\ _ The CNIB Fragrant Garden is | not restricted to blind persons. \ Anvone may visit the gardens tween the province and municipal and enjoy the facilities any day| fovernment on air poliution conâ€" | of the week. \trol has weakened the struggle |against air pollution in urban ioninee dnmanrerener ce i on oo e aoten | areas. costly and is not necessary. Controller Phil White said ""we At a cost of approximately $137,000 per acre, the board must go to Metro and ask for 4.14 acres for their new building. This 4.14 includes 1 acre for parking faciliâ€" ties which will cost at least an extra million dollars to build. In 1956 the Garden Club of Toronto presented the Canadian National Institute for the Blind with a Fragrant Garden located at BakerWood, on Bayview Ave. The garden is divided into a planting area, an exercise walk and a relaxinc area. The garden is full of vivid fra grances and textures. The flowers have been selected to give blind persons maximum enjoyment. Service wants the board to ‘8M0 i D0%h air po‘huition control s 8R i legislation, with stiff laws, and build its new adminstration buildâ€" a tough line on enforcement. ing in the proposed civic complexlm.@ has yet to be negotiated north of Sheppard on Yonge. Afâ€"‘ before a united attack on air polâ€" ter about 10 refusals, the board+lution is established. finally agreed to go along with, _ . USA POLLUTION WAR him. In the II S the Endewal mnu, The Enterprise declared: "It was outrageous the way he (the mayor) persuades the board to vacillate." Mr. "Weekly newspapers with items the air such as this could make weekly | tirely : stated that enough time had been| Both the board went on to other business. Absolutely furious, T rustee Mary Mahon rose on a point of privilege and stated that she had never beem a stooge for anyone, objected to being called a stooge and doubted if anyone else on the "Trustee Val Scott too got up Only and defended the board‘s deciâ€"| fully it sion to opt in the civic centre.| control. This would house the corporaâ€" Fragrant Garden Vacations for York Officials ;Borough of North York and the City of Toronto grant the same length of vacation to their deâ€" partment heads 2s to the other members of the staff. York Mayor Jack Mould said grants three weeks‘ holidays to department heads and deputies after five years of incumbency, and four weeks after 15 years. In Scarborough (for 1966) three weeks‘ vacation is granted to deâ€" partment heads after one year of service. Controller White suggested "we weigh carefully what is done for the rest of the staff." _ Metro officials consider â€" that | Metro Toronto burns more fuel | than most large U.S. cities. Cliâ€" | mate would be the big factor. | It Msaid Metro hag:2#0,.000 doâ€" }md gas burning installations, He didn‘t feel there should be any change. York Council voted to take no action Ground was broken early this week for the construction for a six storey, 72 â€" suite low rental apartment block on a vacant lot at John Best and Jane St. opâ€" posite the Dominion supermarket. Several years ago, the Onâ€" tario housing project ran into stiff opposition from neighborâ€" hood residents who objected to erecting such a large building on such a small lot. By the time space is provided for parking there will be little or no room left for a tots‘ play area one resident complained. Metro Toronto has one of the fastest growth rates in North America. It is moving toward two million residents within 240 square miles and therevare alâ€" most 700,000 motor vehicles in the area of all types, shapes and sizes. | In five years only 20 Ontarie municipalities including Metro, passed air pollution control byâ€" laws. Only three of these municiâ€" palities, including Metro, had | fullâ€"time staff .assigned to air | pollution control. | _ EIvEe years Later | In 1983 the province took over |control of industrial sources of air pollution. There is some argâ€" | ument that split jurisdiction beâ€" | tween the province and municipal REGIONAL CONTROL \ The province is now moving to attack air pollation control on a regional basis. The province is expected soon to take over | full control of air pollution prob= lem with municipalities working in a subsidiary role. dustrialâ€"incinérators. _ It is said the Metro area burns 2,700,00 tons of coal yearly along with 550,000,000 gallons of oil and 50,000,000 cubic feet of natural gas, 540,000,000 gallons of gasoâ€" line and 54,000,000 gallons of diesâ€" el fuel. This all contributes to air polâ€" lution. Metro is said to have an annual output of 920,000 tons of carbon monoxide, 420,000 tons of hydrocarbon, 130.000 tons of sulâ€" phur dioxide and assorted other chemical elements which reach into the atmosphere. 1958 LEGISLATION It was not until 1958 that Canâ€" ada‘s first air pollution control legislation was introduced in Ontario. At that time the role of the province was to be adâ€" visory with municipal governâ€" ment enforcing the air pollution control law. ~ Metro itsef is not sure that provincial control is the answer. like to see Metro retain a strong hand in both air pollution control legislation, with stiff laws, and USA POLLUTION WAR In the U. S. the Federal gov» * ermment plays a major role iÂ¥ the war against air e 5* The Federal mn:_::\ ducts air pollution programs on .\ a nation wide level. The federal 4 SINGLE COPIES 10 CENTS Air Fouled By Fuel in Metro Toronto OHC Project Rises On Jane 241â€"6951 241â€"5261 a > My 8