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2 THE OSHAWA TIMES, Wednendey, Februery 5, 190% GOOD EVENING -- By JACK GEARIN -- INDUSTRIAL COMMISSIONER TO PROMOTE HARBOR City Council has entered into a business arrangement the Oshawa Harbor Commission whereby the two will closer together for the promotion of industrial land in @ harbor area. Prime objectives of the agreement are: "To pool financial resources for the purpose of developing promotional literature to sell not only the Harbor, but the total assets of the City as well. , To utilize the services of > the City Industrial Commis- sioner to survey local indus- tries on potential usage of the Harbor facilities. To tiein with out-of-City visits planned by the Indus- trial Commissioner so that he might visit potential har- bor users at the same time. : An agreement has been | worked out by the Harbor Commission to reimburse the Industrial Commissioner when engaged on the former's pro- motion work (car mileage -- - : 10 cents-a-mile; hotels --up ' to $15 daily; reimbursement : for services rendered Laan per day.) Expenses incur SAMES WILLIAMS on trips on behalf of both the Harbor Commission and the Industrial Commission shall be apportioned on the basis of time expended on behalf of each commission. Jemes P. Williams, the City's Industrial Commissioner, has been on the job since last Fail. Alderman John Brady raised the question as to whether the City needed a full-time Industrial Commissioner when his services could be loaned thus for periods to the Harbor Commission (Chairman Fred Malloy of the OHC said recently he would be needed for about three months annually on such work) -- Alderman Clifford Pilkey (also a mem- ber of thie OIC), replied that the OHC would thus pay part of the commissioner's salary. Alderman John Dyer said that he was never in favor of the City turning over 40-odd acres of land to the Harbor Commission in the first place ('I don't think we should have entered into such an arrangement and here's the proof of it -- we give them the land and now they're asking us to sell it"). Mr, Dyer supported the arrangement "'in principle," however. Alderman Thomas Rundle refrained from voting on the issue after pointing out that he was secretary of the Oshawa Harbor Commission (in addition to being a City Councillor). "T don't think there would be any 'conflict' if I did vote." "| don't have a vote on the: Harbor Commission, but some people may think otherwise. I want to state my position clearly at this time," he said, Council passed a motion that he be excused from voting. Mr, Rundle was a bona-fide member of the Oshawa Harbor Commission with voting pri- Vilegés until early in 1963, soon after he was elected to City Council for the first time -- he resigned then as Commission- to avoid any "conflict"'. » Mayor Lyman Gifford voluntarily resigned his position on- the Oshawa Industrial Commission (with which the Chief Magistrate is automatically affiliated) earlier this year when the OHC-OIC marriage was proposed to avoid 'Conflict of » -- His Worship said that he took this action because the harbor area land being promoted was adjacent to his own farm and some citizens might accuse him of helping pro- the harbor land for personal gain, Mayor Hayward Murdoch told Council that Mr. x i consulted him on the 'conflict' possibilities and at he had advised Mr. Rundle there was "no conflict" (if cast a vote on the measure.) Mr. Murdoch, who was chair in the committee-of-the-whole session, then City Clerk Roy Barrand for an opinion, but Mr. Bar- declined. _ "\* "T think this is a legal matter and I don't think I should ti to answer it in the absence of the City solicitor," he said. Mr, McNeely, the City solicitor, turned up later, but it @idn't matter insofar as the Harbor vote was concerned. Mr. Rundle didn't vote. The new agreement is unique in that it permits a muni- eipal departmental head to devote part of his time to the promotion of a Federal-sponsored project. LITTLE NOTES FROM HERE AND THERE Alderman John Brady, chairman of the City Traffic Safety committee, was an unhappy man last Monday night-- @omeone stole his 1960 Pontiac from the City Hall parking let and crashed it into a second car on Centre street near the Masonic Temple with damage of $500 which was covered by insurance... . / A polite young man from the Public Re- lations Department of General Motors phoned Tuesday to explain those widely-circulated rumors about Elizabeth Tay- lor and Richard Burton touring the South Plant of GM were effoneous. "Neither Miss Taylor nor Mr. Burton have visited any of the plants of General Motors in Oshawa," he said. . . » LOOKING AHEAD DEPARTMENT; Unit 42, the Cana- dian Corps Association has requested the City for permission to use Alexandra and Memorial Parks for their annual Drum- head service Saturday, September 19, 1964 -- this Drumhead service has developed into one of the largest services of its kind in Ontario annually, thanks to the efforts of the hard- working Corps members from Oshewa, TWO TOP MUNICIPAL SERVANTS RETIRE There were two reminders at City Council Monday night that time takes its toll insofar as municipal public servants are concerned. - Norman Millman, Oshawa's "Father of Town Planning", Who served 17 years on the City Plannirig Board, was present- ed with a desk set on his retirement. Eldon Kerr, City Assess- ment Commissioner for 17 years, announced that he will retire into private life next May 15 -- when he took over from the late C, G. Luke as Assessment Com- missioner the department had three employees, in- cluding himself. Today it has 14 and the responsibili- ties are heavy. Said Mr. Kerr later this week: "Quite frankly, I think it's a job for a man much younger than myself." Mr. Kerr said he had no definite plans, but he will spend much of his time at his cottage in the NORMAN MILLMAN north country, He came to Oshawa 42 years ago with his parents (the late Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Kerr) and worked for seven years in the Domestic Shipping Office at GM here. Alderman Walter Branch paid a fitting tribute to Mr. Millman when he recalled the story of the visiting municipal @oasultant in bygone years who looked high and low on the City payroll to see how much the "Father of Town Planning" was being paid -- the simple truth wa sthat Mr. Miliman was Working without remuneration. This startled the visitor Mr. Millman served from 1947 to 1964 and saw the City's population jump from. 27,000 to 65,000, By Quebec Firms TORONTO (CP) -- A Pro- gressive Conservative member of the legislature said Tuesday economic pressures exerted on Ontario firms by the Quebec government have changed his mind about separatism. Louis Hodgson (PC--Scarbor- ough East) said he once thought separatism was a figment of the imagaination of a small min- ority. But now, he said, economic pressures are doing more to di- vide Canada than the threat of arms by extreme separatists, Making his maiden speech during the throne speech de- bate, he said hundreds of On- tario firms are facing a prob- lem similar to one firm in his constituency. The firm, which he later declined to name, is faced with moving its manu- facturing plant to Quebec be- cause of what he described as that province's determination to deal only with firms with 51 per cent French-Canadian own- ership. The firm employs 40 persons and has an investment of $2,- 500,000, It says it cannot afford to move to Quebec. Neither can | 'HIKE TAX INCENTIVES' Keep Up With U.S. C of C Asks Gordon "This suggests that any cuts in tax rates may have to be limited, But it also points up the vital necessity for the contain- ment of government expendi- it compete for government con- tracts against Quebec firms that are given g 12-per-cent dif- ferential over outside competi- tors, Mr, Hodgson said. Tt wag the second time dur- Ing the session. that Quebec pressure on Ontario firms has been discussed, George (PC -- Halton) said Jan, 2% threat of a boycott by the Que- bec government forced a Ham- ilton firm to abandon plans to move all its operation to On- tario, In other legislature business, L, A. Braithwaite (L--Toronto- Etobicoke) said an old provin- cial statute that allows estab- lishment of separate schools for Negroes should be repealed. Mr, Braithwaite, the legisla- ture's first Negro member, said there has been no need for sep- arate schools for Negroes since the beginning of the century, The need might have existed when many slaves escaped to Canada following the United States Civil War, | "Those who have questioned me on the subject--and myself --cannot understand why provi- sion for segregated schools . . . OTTAWA (CP) -- A shift in emphasis to sales taxes from income taxes was urged Tues- day by the executive council of the Canadian Chamber of Com- merce in a pre-budget submis-/ tures." -- to Finance Minister Gor-| The U.S. tax cuts are in-line ion, with the Canadian chamber's But at the same time the/nolicy {o> less reliance on in- council asked Mr. Gordon to/come taxes 'which tend to dis- rescind the 'scheduleq April 1/courage initiative and the as- ---- =. nd Ragga jee * business risks," the s council said, last June on building materials) 4) Canadians had become py No yng apparatus. US jaware--since the debate last F ame on the Gordon budget congressional approval of cuts) of the difficulties in develop- in American corporation and)ing practical alternatives to in- personal income tax this year,!.ome taxes. Kerr' Separatism Fire Fanned --- MPP has not been removed from the statute books," Mr, Braithwaite said in his maiden speech, The new Liberal member mentioned this in the context of his criticism of the govern. ment, not on racial matters, but generally for not keeping On- tario abreast of the times, ANNOUNCES CHANGES Welfare Minister Cecile an- nounced changes in the ceiling on earnings for old-age pension- ers and others so that all would be able to take advantage of a recent $10 increase in the old- age pension to $75 a month, He said the income ceiling for old-age assistance adn disabled persons cases will be raised $10 a month for single persons, This would' make the new c $1,260 a year compared to $1,- 140 a year previously. For married couples the in- crease would be $20 a month or $240 a year, putting it at -- annually instead of $1,- | The figures given for maxi- mum earnings include the $75- a-month pensions, The ceiling for widows and {married women 60 years of jage or more is the same as that for single old-age pension-| © ers, | For a-single blind person, the ceiling is increased $120 a year to $1,500; a blind person with a child, $120 to $1,980 a year; a married blind person with sighted spouse, $240 a year to $2,580; and a married blind person with blind spouse, $240 WANTS Conservative Leader John Diefenbaker addresses Con; servative national convention in Ottawa, prior to a vote of a year to $2,700, confidence in leadership was OTTAWA (CP) -- Canadian jexports shot ahead' 10 per cent jin 1963 to produce a year-end {trade surplus estimated at }$412,600,000, the biggest in 11 jyears, | It followed surpluses of $90,- the council said: | "Such developments will in-- ASKS STUDY 000,000 in 1962 and $125,000,000 crease the urgency for the Ca-| "Generally, however, the ex-|i" 1961, Prior to that, Canada nadian government not ghly tolecutive council believes that|ad a string of deficits in the minimize disincentives to capi-| more stury should be given to|1953-60 period. The previous tal investment but also to See | the possibility of a wider appli-/high surplus was $421,000,000 in that the incentives to expansion/cation of taxes on consumption, . ' in Canada are at beast as at-| particularly in relation to the) Preliminary figures issued to- ractive to those in the United! growing area of service expen-|day by the Dominion Bureau of -- ut paid that ditures."' >t ahh rent that besides lowever, the council sa at) The i ttpe.|the late- oom in sales of Canadian policy objectives in), ~ een eet ancien to the Communist bloc, . je red. sulla to some degree ferns" Mr, Gordon's plan to in-|the year - round improvement crease the withholding tax on)"esulted mainly from the lower MUST CONSIDER MOVES dividends. paid abroad to 20 external value of the Canadian "Certainly, if the United |from 15 per cent effective Jan. States carries through with its|!, 1965, on U.S,-owned compan- reductions in tax pawl we shail ies that do not offer Canadians need to give serious considera-|@t least 25 per cent ownership. tion to similar moves in this} This will require renegotia- country. ition of the Canada-U.S. tax |dollar which was devalued to |92% cents In U.S. funds in| /May, 1962. | DBS said the rise in exports to a record $6,980,000,000 was due almost entirely to an in- "Yet we also have the import-|treaty-and "'add to the difficul-/CTe@se in real volume of ship- Trade Surplus Total 'Highest In 11 Years Meanwhile, DBS estimates for the fourth quarter of 1963 showed a. strong surge in Ca- nadian imports. They were 15.5 per cent higher than in the same quar- ter of 1962, outstripping a cor- responding rise of 14.7 per cent in exports--despite the fact that the impact of the wheat sales to Russia was felt mainly in this period. Fourth-quarter imports from the United States were 14.1 per cent higher than a year ear- lier, Key factors were higher arrivals of auto parts and en- gines, and a sizable gain in im- ports of tractors and farm equipment -- probably reflect- ing higher farm income on the Prairies, Canadian exports to the U.S. were up 4.2 per cent} in the same period, Nevertheless, Canadian trade with all countries in the fourth quarter produced a surplus of exports over imports of $176,- 400,000, an increase from $164,- 800,000 in fourth-quarter 1962, ' Canadian Press Staff Writer neouvred successfully to elimi- nate some of the immediate danger ture of the Panama Canal cri- sis, Both the United: States and Panama now have the oppor- tunity to back away a bit from their stiff and uncompromising attitudes which threaten to in- flame Central Americ fact - opened posal before the Organization of American states, does not by itself remove the roots of the canal crisis. the ownership the canal itself and they are U.S, retains control over the 50- mile waterway and its adjoin- ing 10-mile zone strip. ter-American fact-finding body would be able to sustain Pana- ma's charges 'committed aggression during \t acted in a high-handed manner more than a score of deaths. INTERPRETING THE NEWS Mexico Calms Panama Fears By HAROLD MORRISON 4 ne an American ~ over a zone this could. herely te soamaiatel the beginning of a military of- fensive, comnts atetotat' B ee it will present a vehicle for re- . bp tig ot private ait ' manian talks, without side giving the appearance of . ylelding ground, wee still ---- that 8. agree to negotiate a new treaty to -- the ex- ting document w gives the control the Mexico appears to have ma- from the explosive na- a, opportunity for and discussion, Mexican pro- The mere' --_, isting by t U.S. the right to Canal Zone in perpetuity, The U.S. refuses, saying, ag one high official hw it: "We won't ' & pistol negotiate wi! eads,"" : The Johnson administration, in fact, has adopted a slightly. tougher attitude towards the Latin situation than had the previous Kennedy government. The present administration has concluded that the Roberto Chi- ari regime is really after the canal itself and won't rest un- til it gets it, However, the longer the two countries are able to talk, the greater the» possibility of mu- tual restraint, In May, the Pan- amanian elections will be over These are imbedded deep in and operation of ikely to remain as long as the Nor is it likely that any in- that the U.S, he January riots that caused The Americans may have UNITY | to take place, Mr. Diefenbaker | told the delegates he wanted to bring about unity in. the party, | --(CP Wirephoto) t Imports United Kingdom Commonwealth United States Others Totals The merchandise deficit with the United States was pared slightly to $543,800,000 from $554,900,000. Canadian exports to the US.| rose gradually throughout 1963) to reach $3,918,200,000, a gain of 4.5 per cent, Imports from the U.S, picked up mainly in jthe last half of the year, clos- ing at an estimated $4,457,000,- 000, an increase of 3.7 per cent from 1962, g z 54s Prone co = a Oo =a Hn ah 335 858 = | Studying Offer president of John Labatt Lim: ited, J. H. Moore, said Tuesday that as far as he knows mem- bers of the Labatt family have not yet accepted the offer made Brewing Company of Milwau- kee questions at meeting of Labatt's supervisors called to inform company employees of the sit- uation, the critical day in the negotia- tions when the Labatt board of directors meets to discuss the and the present problem may ibe allowed to gather dust a bit longer, perhaps until the next election comes a ; And in November, the Amer- ican elections will be over and the White House may find it easier to make concessions without worrying about the re- action at the polls, Meanwhile, serious thought is being given in the U.S, to the eventual need of a new canal. The present one is becoming obsolete and may become to- tally uneconomic within a quar- ter-century, Talk now is about building a sea-level waterway, using "clean" atomic underwa- ter detonations to reduce cost. If that should ever come about, and there is some' quee- tion whether atomic bombs will be used in this fashion, the U.S. would be prepared to bring the new canal under in- ter-American control. Labatt's Still -- By Schlitz Co. LONDON, Ont, (CP) -- The o them by the Jos, Schlitz Mr, Moore was replying to Mr, Moore termed Thursday offer made to purchase Labatt shares, It is expected the board will. then make a recommenda- jtion to shareholders. Schlitz has offered to buy 750,- 000 shares of Labatt stock from members of the Labatt family at $23 a share in Canadian funds. An additional offer to buy the same number of shares at the same price from public/] © PRESCRIPTIONS FILLED $s mailed by mid-week. It was announced Sunday that tockholders was due to be But in the meantime, it won't give up control over the Pan- ama--not until it becomes com- pletely obsolete or is made 30 . by sabotage. A. E. JOHNSON 0.0. OPTOMETRIST © EVES EXAMINED 14% King St. &. |U.K. SURPLUS UP Meanwhile, the Canadian) trade surplus with Britain 'con-/ tinued to rise, reaching $487,-| 400,000--an increase of $130,-/ 500,000 from the 1962 surplus of} $356,900,000. | Canadian exports to the} Following are the DBS esti- mates for the whole of 1963, with figures in millions of dol- lars: 1963 1,014.9 919.9 399.1. 335.6 913.2 3,744.7 652.8 1,347.5 980.0 6,347.7 1962 Exports United Kingdom Commonwealth United States Others 1 3,913.2 3 1,652.8 1 Totals 6,980.0 6 United. Kingdom rose 10.3 per, jcent to $1,014,900,000 -- highest | level since 144, DBS reported| |big gains in Canadian ship- ments of wheat, nickel, copper, uranium, and lumber and iron lore, and said deliveries of alu- | minum, wood pulp, platinum | and oilseed were "well main-| tained." The bureau gave no) commodity figures. ports, They rose to a record | $6,347,700,000, up 49 per -cent Forecasts issued by the Tor-, Kitchener onto weather office at 5:30 a.m.|Mount Forest,.... iday. A low pressure area cen-|Killaloe .... jtred in Texas is expected to|Muskoka .... ant task of getting our accounts|ties in negotiations with other ments, up nine per cent from |from a year earlier. DBS said the gain resulted mainly from Synopsis: Warm air contin-| Wingham ues to stream eastward across | Hamilton j drift northward during the next/North Bay... 124 hours. Rain is expected to/Sudbury an ' : 1962. Average export ri 3 i s 5 prices into closer balance. countries,"" the council said rose saly ene er cant ia Ge | {same period, | WEATHER FORECAST The reverie was trv for im, | Front Texas Fron e.g coated tym about four per cent on the av- e e erage, Physical volume of im- | ports was only one per cent i than in 1962, southern Canada and the north-/St. Catharines jern United States, Cooler air is Toronto expected to spread over most! Peterborough ..... of Northern Ontario during the/Trenton ........ ae {move into Ontario Wednesday. | Earlton | Lake St. Clair, Windsor: Kapuskasing . [Teereday overcast. with rain,| White River |Winds east 15 Thursday, Moosonee ...+5 sees Lake Erie, Niagara, Lake Timmins ......... Huron, western Lake Ontario, Observed Temperatures London, Hamilton, Toronto: |rows overnight, highs Tuesday: Cloudy Thursday with rain be-/nawson ..... piteese" lginning about midday. Winds! yoncouver .. 33 jeast 15 Thursday. Victoria .... 37 Georgian Bay, eastern Lake|/ Edmonton 20 Ontario, Haliburton: Thursday Calgary .... 27 cloudy with rain or snow begin-' Saskatoon 20 {ning in the afternoon, Winds/Regina .... jeast 15 Thursday. Winhipeg .. Timagami, White River, Al-| Lakehead goma, Cochrane, North Bay, Sault Ste. Marie... Sudbury: Increasing cloudiness Toronto |Thursday morning folloved by -------------- [Tiareday, mor wd [ning Winds east 15 'Thursday | HEAT WITH OIL DIXON'S Forecast Temperatures |Lows tonight, highs Ps aeader OIL 313 ALBERT ST. Windsor .cececeess 0 24-HOUR SERVICE |St. Thomas........ 3 723-4663 |London SERVING OSHAWA OVER $0 YEARS 30 | NEED... FUEL OIL ? Cell PERRY Day or Night 723-3443 NOTICE TO ELECTORAL MEMBERS OF OSHAWA Y.W.C.A. The annual Election of Members to the Board of Directors ot the Ushawa Young Women's Christian Association will be held from Wedne: , January 15th to Friday, February 14th. A list of names is posted at the YWCA giving information about the candidates --- seven of whom are to be elected. Ballots will be available at the office in regular office hours, Mondays to Saturdays appointment, TOMORROW, Feb. 6th--1:30 to 4:30; 6:00 to 9:00 P.M. at ST. GREGORY'S AUDITORIUM, SIMCOE ST, NORTH Regular end new blood donors ore urgently requested to attend with or' without en WE ARE DESPERATELY SHORT OF ALL TYPES OF BLOOD WE NEED AT LEAST 500 BOTTLES OF BLOOD TO REPLENISH OUR BLOOD BANK LADIES' WEAR LTD. LAST 3 DAYS THURS. ---FRI. -- SAT. Feb. 6th, 7th and 8th ® ao REDUCTIONS 20% » 60% AND MORE SPECIAL RACK OF ®@ Skirts @ Dresses 5 BLACK'S LADIES' WEAR LTD. | 72 SIMCOE NORTH PHONE 725-1912 t OPEN FRIDAY TILL 9 PLA... ae