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Wage Parity, Salaries UAW Demands: Taylor An Oshawa union official says,calling for equal pay and sal- agreements until Canadian the UAW's 1967 contract ae-|aries, jaeces Ste Sroxeht inte Nee. manda will include equal pay) "The UAW program for 1967) On the question of paying for U.8. and Canadian autowork-| is wage parity and an: end 10 te| vers @ salary, Mr. Taylor ers and a switch from pay by| hourly rate," Mr. Taylor said in| said Gai wis bow tes ee the hour to salaries. an interview. | Abe Taylor, president of UAW) U.S. automarkers right now|have always been- paid. ' . imake about 43 cents an hour) "What's the difference be- Local 222, just back from the! ore than their Canadian coun-|tween office workers and pro- union's international convention|terparts, he said. | duction workers?" in California, said a resolution) "American autoworkers have; One problem facing the UAW was adopted atthe convention|vowed they won't settle their | is that contract expiry dates are rt a ee Te Cle cor Wy See Gee . . |dian autoworkers ] t F | U.S. autoworkers' contract Jax 0 un eer lremen |date is Sept. 1, The Canadians' lis two months later --~ Oct, 31, On Strike Says Councillor 22 :",2°2 °° should have. a common expiry date,' Mr. Taylor said, Colleges Plugging Proposed community :colleges, and commerce graduate would) "But Europe begas to pros- will fill the gap in the present/have little chance in succeed-\per," Mr. Shaver said, "and day education picture, says)ing in an electronics technology these skilled tradesmen became Donald W. Shaver, administra-| program. scarce with the result that in tor of business and applied arts,' It is expected the community | the late 1940's institutes of tech- technological trades training| colleges. will operate on a year-| nology were introduced into our branch, department of educa-/round basis with most of the|educational system to provide tion one, two or three year courses'a labor force for industry." He was addressing last|beginning in September. These technological institutes night's annual dinner meeting) 'The summer term," he add-/ will provide the nuclei from of the Oshawa and District|/ed, 'will be devoted mainly to| which the community colleges Council, Home and School Asso-| upgrading and makeup courses will expand, he said. ciations at E. A. Lovell School./for those who have de-| Awards were presented to 10 "In spite of recent develop-| ficiencies."' 'local schools at last night's ments in post-secondary educa-| He cited as an example a@/ meeting signifying their mem- AJAX (Staff) Volunteer firemen here are on strike William LeGross, town coun- cil's protective services com- mittee chairman, said last night although the volunteers are continuing to come out to fires to assist they are not coming out to training sessions and are leaving some of the department chores to regular members of the force The reason for the strike, Mr LeGross told council is that his committee and the fire fighters have not been able to come to an agreement on their yearly grant, Mr, LeGross said the volun Society Seeks More Members St. Andrews Society of Osh awa, which has just elected new officers, is seeking new club members "Our membership has increas ed gradually over the years, but, I would like to see many more of the Scots in Oshawa and dis trict, join the society," said president John F. Ford, The society, in its 20th year, extends a "very warm welcome to Scots and friends," at upcom ing functions this year, he add ed Those elected to the executive) were: John F. Ford, president;|at the meeting, suggested that|¢Ta! Hospital today Jim Scott and Bob Gowans for first and second vice-presidents; | Walter Sweet fe asurer, John Houston An- drew Mowat, finance chairman and Bill Robertson, entertain ment chairman Archibald Taylor. past president, said Y tr secretary immediate 'we could of lads Auto Repairs Or Charges | for teers thought his committee was acting in bad faith and that it jappeared they could not trust 'each other , A two - year agreement re- cently drawn up by the protec- tive services committee was declared illegal by the town's legal advisor since the council's term of office expires at the end of this year. Mr. LeGross said he was concerned with the attitude the volunteers had taken, He said the amount of the annual grant paid to the volunteers remained the problem in the negotiations. Chairman LeGross said he |was not in favor of introduc- ing a bylaw which would police the actions of the volunteers Fire Chief C. Harris said volunteers had alco refused to pick up fire hoses after attend ing fires Volunteer firemen president John Price said the present an- nual grant $4,750, paid to volunteers on the basis of ap pearance and attendance at fires Mr. LeGross also reported to council that negotiations with the regular firemen and the police force also remained un settled The main reason for the holdup in negotiations seemed to be the matter of sick leave. Mr. LeGross suggested that sick leave be made the same all town employees Fire Chief C, Harris, present is council adopt the National Fire Code as a-town bylaw. He said the bylaw. would permit him to inspect buildings which under the present bylaws he was not permitted to do Mr, Harris said the code had Scarboro and was under consi- ckering townsiip council CRASH CONVENTION The UAW pill hold a "crash convention" next spring to for- | mulate its contract demands, | By law the stating date for |contract negotiations is 60 days before the old one expires. For | Canadian autoworkers that's | September, 1967 'But we're hopeful of sitting |down long before then for ex- ploratory talks,' Mr. Taylor said Referring to GM's 1965 profit of $2,1 billion, Mr, Taylor) said; "They have the money) | bags and they hate to part with! it | "But we feel the worker de-} serves his just share of the melon.' Mr. Taylor said now that tar-| iffs between the U.S. and Can- ada have been abolished there is no reason why Canadian car! prices shouldn't be cut He said Ford Falcon, example tween $600 and $800 more than in the U.S | a for Injured Man | Fair Condition John Wellman, 20 st., Oshawa, was described as being "'unchanged and in fair condition" at the Toronto Gen- Mr, Wellman injured in a' car crash Satur- day that took the life of 19-year- old Lawrence Allan Stacey, of Grenfell st. A third person in jured in the same accident seph Ervine, of Oxford St vas eral Hospital. His latest condi morning Face 13 Unlucky Drivers | Thirteen city drivers police prosecution return to the Oshawa partment to have tested The unlucky 13 were among several dozen who were ordered to have repairs made to thei cars after they had passed through the rigid Oshawa ty lane check The vehicles all..defec tive in one way or another. Po lice ordered the drivers to have the necessary repairs made then bring their « back re-inspection by poli "There are just 13 pho didn't come back", Sgt. William Tane of the city police force yesterday. 'These who they are and the know that if they don't soon, charges will be laid During the two - week oper face they de unless lice their cars safe were ars for r eople know hould ation of the safety lane on Queen st., 824 cars were thor oughly tested for road - worth ine Of this total found way or figure 448 cars to be defective in another 4 total of 13 cars were taken off the road altogether The found to defective they were a In all cases confiscated the were one ars were be that on the road $0 dé a ange pounce mmearatery pla arid ordered awa licerice towed The e model ands ars W ll iat wilh many thou of miles on the « All but check We ock 130 of the done safety re on a cotn- pulsory basis ordered off its the lane other major cars wer and in police streets safety by 130 drivers were eople who voluntarily to the rhe SERVICE CLUBS HONOR REGIMENT | DONALD SHAVER, PRESID As ENT MRS, tion," he said, "there still re-| Grade 12 student who had miss-| bership in the Booster Club of mains a grey area or gap ined an important "ption or one) Ontario Federation, CR VICE-PRESIDENT MRS. DONALD Dhe Oshawa Sines net|~ CHILDREN PLACED IN HOME OSHAWA, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, MAY 25 Rental Housing Shortage For Low Income Families A young Oshawa couple faced; commodation for families in the,Munsinger inquiry in Canada costs be-|4 heartbreaking decision lower income groups {s virtually Jnable to find accommodation | non-existent themselves and for jtheir children in their ichildren they reluctantly placed|of the Children's Aid Soclety,| Housing Authority also said ren-| a home six} Barnard Lewis, local director says there is a definite increase , 1966 witeteaeniassistiaiceasalisninsetaaasisincivesn| and rely) jmore on the economy of the) country,' added Mr, Bullied, .| | A spokesman for the Oshawa| tal is accommodation "very Their plight, according to of-|in the number of families which|scarce" in the city have been ificials, is typical of an increas- jing number of families in the Oshawa area who have to part company with their children because they are un- able to find accommodation forced into making similar deci-|within their means of Jones | sions The availability of renta Almost half cent s¢ re " has not have chosen a befter bunch) deration for adoption by the Pi-|tion could not be obtained this lan McNab shool been chairman of t and re he treatment says the aised of enna Drive Nearing Half Way Mark $250,000)" JO-\ campaign objective for the con nani Osh-| struction of a new crippled chil- been accepted as a bylaw by|awa, is still in the Oshawa Gen- dren's public relations committee "So far, raised," he said, "and commit- tee officials are still very op- timistic about reaching their} 'oal,"" A car wash and | $167 brought their cars forward for inspection A surprising discovery during| the car ; to donate something to the cam- paign,"' Mr the checking was that of a doz-| en brand new '66 model cars) with faulty wheel alignment | "Several of the cars had only} a few hundred miles on- the clock', a police officer said.! 'The cars must have come out of the factory iike that' The most frequent defect} found "in the cars tested was that of faulty emergency brakes Many found to be lock d just not fune-} tioning were 0 ri It was encouraging to see in- telligent people going through | wash in spite of The Simcoe staged a display of judo tech niques last week and a total of $70 was donated to the fund by the The club Un America $50 Labor Happy The G ited Local Oshawa and Council ang in $124,095 McNab Hall Steelworkers donated District The *Take-Off-Pound 181 gave the has ral said Judo a, $25 Fast" club donated $10 The students of the Cingolani| ™ been was held at the Auto-Magic-Car-Wash last week the rain the campaign fund was raised by n Club iAccordion Shool (Oshawa) will} Another problem was that of|be holding a concert in the Sim wheel alignment. In a lot of cases brakes were found to be| Contributions coe Hall, on Friday will b Jt @ lV 2 ine en faulty.or not properly adjusted Ithe campaign from the school is 8,00 p.m 'We haven't been forgotten in for the to Lights too, came close inspection by Many were found functioning properly testers. | be some! Time of the concer Tiggelers Named Commander Major Leo in-command Ontario Regiment, will take over com mand in June it was announced yesterday at a joint luncheon held by the Oshawa Kiwanis and Rotary clubs Lt. Col. W, C, Paynter manding officer of th ment, made the announcement during the combined service club luncheon commemorating the centenary of the regiment The change of command cere- Tiggeler the second of special com regi mony will be held June the Oshawa Armories You're the best group '® offi cers the regiment has ever had," Col. Paynter said of his men. "You've done us a great honor and I thank you.' A bronze plaque was given by the two clubs to the regiment commemorating this 'historic occasion It's been my privilege to do all I can for the grand old regi- ment," said R, S. McLaughlin, 12 honorary colonel of the ment, who received the plaque. |\Command me 100 years from now have the honor of accepting an other centenary plaque."' MOBILE COMMAND lan McNab, manager the special activities department of General Motors, introduced the special guest speaker at the) luncheon, Lt. General Jean Vic-| 'tor Allard, CBE, DSO, ED, DC, Ti Alla equipment required to maintain peace areas ment 1e@ rd is whi regi-| commanding He to whe ere t upheaval fare, insurrection and threat of thermo-nuclear Tt e Command government mus officer explained 'I hope that whoever succeeds|function and purpose of Mobile may | Command main purpose ret 1 rever here gu warf combatant t be "red Salc roop. the is g erilla are of free tape" Mobile the 1 Gen and y overn wal Mobile from | important and now just} of to "This seems to be a real ac-|problem for families in the low-|children ler income group, I do not see any relief in-sight at the pres- ent time,'"' said Mr. Lewis, LAND PRICE Although Gerry Armstrong, president of the Oshawa Build ers' Association denies there is a rental accommodation short jage in the-city, he says if is jtough for families in the lower incomé group. He attributes the high rental costs to soaring land prices Real estate agent Douglas Bul- jlied agrees that the situation is |bad 'We get the odd rental jaccommodation but they are few and far between, I think the |The source of money has dried jup and we need 'more land to build on," says Mr, Bullled, He noted that some Oshawa workers commuted from as far afield as Peterborough and Lin- say because of the lack of ac- commodation in the city, He said one solution would be for Oshawa to expand its boundar les "T personally feel that Ottawa should stop dealing with the REORGANIZATION | To qualify for the subsidized |housing provided by the author- lity a family must have an in- income of Jess than $380 a month and have at least two A further condition is that they should have at least one year's residence in Oshawa, jAt present the authority is un- able to assist families with only jone child irrespective of their lincomé, said the spokesman, | WAITING LIST The spokesman added | "We have a pretty long wait- jing list here. We had 40 families jon the waiting list last month 'and there will probably be aj} further 40 this month, I can see no let up in the situation and in fact I think it will deterior- ate further. "Apartment blocks lare being built but people just cannot afford them. Rents situation is going to get worse.{should be geared to income be-|that all of these people will be cause more houses are needed] jin Oshawa." | Undoubtedly, officials agree, such subsidized housing is prov- ing to be a salvation for many families in the lower income groups but still further. assist- lance is needed in this field, As one young mother said | "My husband earns only $200 a month some legislation should be introdued to stop jthese high rents.' DEBATE | OTTAWA amount of government (Special) No reorganization of departments not} Mr. McNab said, "donations are|be of any use unless the govern-|training in industry lcoming in quite steadily ment exercises leadrship and the ministers who head the de-|program and the building of a struction engineer, said Tues partments are effective, Mich- lael Starr, MP for Ontario sald in the Commonss Tuesday During debate on a govern- nt bill to reorganize several departments, Mr, Starr said that if the performance of the Lib- eral government since 1963 did not change then, the House was spending a great deal of time when the same result could be achieved by a change of leader- ship of the departments Mr, Starr referred specifically the departments of labor rw in| eich he headed for five and) cousins to other departments." a half years. In 1957, it has been considered a poor second cousin to other departments of government, But because of the Conservative activity in govern- ment, the department rose to an position and plays. a prominent must maintain a direct line of simply because Labor is a very command over Allard said Gen its forces Allard showed slides Gen 0! f new weapons to be used in Mo bile Command and also showed the general structure i) f the Mobile Command headquarters in Quebec To Gen the Ontario Regiment wanis also ¢ Branch table commemorate Allard was presented with an inscribed pewter Club large and: important segment of the Canadian population, he said He said the 200 People Visit Conservatives nis visit, City Auto Museum mug Th yave from Ki Gen Allard a certificate of apprecia tion After dinner and the of the Ontario comes were made chen, and of the Rotary Ontario toast Lt his enter Kiw Geoff Col to hopes its anis Rotarian Walte introduced form Re by Club Andrews M { Regiment regiment the that next Fine the 100 the er iment Fre pre pre: dley proposed regiment ened to years the stature it deserves, head officers |school Wet- d Kit sident sident Club of Oshawa of the a tating with People from as far west as Vancouver and as far east Montreal, visited the Canadian Automotive Museum over the first long weekend of the sum mer, A total of 200 persons yisit ed the museum Students from in Ottawa by three teachers, m cial visit to tour the museum. Opening 'hours for the museum are 9 to 5 p.m, Monday through Friday; 10 a.m Sat urday, and noon to # p.m. on Sunday Summer hours will be length- make it more onven- ient for the travelling public, sald a museum official. as Rideau high accompanied de a spe to 6 p.m Lack Of Leadership Criticized By Starr jon the necessity," Mr. Starr said. had activated the "do it now" |program, the retaining of un- will;employed and training and re-|ing the muni-| cipal winter. works incentive large number of technical and vocational schools "Now this government is dis- |membering the department and} lall the programs which were} institutes since 1957 are being} taken away and the department) is being relegated to a very in-| significant role, "Mr, Starr| charged, "The morale of the} personnel left in the depart- ment is low and all interest has been lost. In 1957, they felt they were second cousins and they now feel they are third He. said that since 1963 the present ministers had made no effort to bring about an end to the disputes which have oc- curred but they have remained sidelines ators, concilliation board or| other body. From 1957 to} the labor minister had} taken an active part in trying to bring parties together to bring an end to disputes, He said in the present longshore men's strike in Montreal the| | government was simply hoping} and praying that a judge will | ibring an end to the strike} through conciliation IMMIGRATION } He said that under the new) organization, immigration 1s not) important enough to warrant the full time attention of aj minister, He said one was led] to the belief that the new! manpower 'policy will deal with members the labor force and with immigrants as; ciphers only | "One can only hope that the! fragmentation of the depart-} ment will inevitably lead to fragmented policies at a time, | particularly in the days ahead,! when a positive, consistent man- not power policy is an economic the education picture." colleges, he said, will be to pro-|can take a concentrated make vide the 80 per cent of the popu-|up course during the summer. a business or technical career," | located," | and relied on) who has taken a wrong option) The whole concept of the new|for the program of his choice They were: .'telaide Me- i '|\Laughlin, Albert Street, Cedar- "\dale, College Hill, Duke of Edinburgh, Harmony, Hills dale, Mitchell's Corners, Sun- set Heights and Woodcrest, lation who do not attend uni-| "If he is successful, he can} versity with a means to further) then enrol in the regular course} their education. jin September," Mr, Shaver | sald. DROPOUTS "The department of education REBIRTH is concerned about those adults| The administrator told the who were school dropouts," he| Home and School council, 1965 said, "and who now want to was the year of 'the rebirth of obtain an education to get out education in Ontario'. of a dead-end job. He outlined the phases educa- He mentioned the concern for|tion has underwent since pre- those whose jobs have dis-|war years. appeared or will disappear and) "In pre-war years," he said, Bernard Plumadore, son # who want to learn new skills. "there was a tremendous gap;Mrs; Alice Trembley, reappe r- "There are. alo many cap- between the university student|ed suddenly at his Radon st, able young people graduating|and the dropout but the econ-| home from high school," Mr. Shaver) omy at that time was suited to| Pickering Township Police, said, "who lean neither towards| provide jobs for these people."'| who had launched the search, Later as a result of the Sec-|said this morning that the boy ond World War, he continued,| returned unharmed, Canada developed @ sophisti-| The boy, police said, had ap--- cated economy and skilled|parently run away from home, labor was obtained from for-| He disappeared from his home eign countries. on Monday. Bay Ridges Boy Returns To Home A province wide search for an ll-year-old Bay Ridges boy was called off last night after the boy returned to his hame. The community colleges pith their diversified programs will provide courses for these peo- ple, he said, "Province of Ontario has been divided into 18 college) areas,"" he said, "and any stu- dent in the Province regardless of where he lives will be able to attend the college of his choice." Each college area will have a 12-member board of governors eight gappointed by the minis ter of education and four ap pointed locally "The board of governors," Mr, Shaver told the 200 mem- bers, "will decide what courses) will be best for the community and where the college will be Inspector Bans Killing Device Electronic killing of dogs at|instrument was put together for the Oshawa dog pound has been| around $2) stopped following an investtga-| 'The electrothinater," he said, tion by an inspector of the On-|"'includes a regulator so. that tario Humane Society. the power can be boosted or In dispute is the killing de-|lowered depending on the size vice -- a 12-foot length of cord,/of the dog." which, when plugged in, oped The order to the dog pound te iroug wo bared clamps whic j y * are etincned to the anal | stop using the device came yes ; ¢ | terday from P. J. Kennedy, elty The sudden 110 volt charge. > rie iss er fo arks, prop- says dog pound manager Matt|com™ ssioner for. p prop | recreation. Muller, kills within a second, erty and recreation The device, he adds, has never| ,"A8 800n as Mr. Davidson ex- failed him and it kills a big dog|Plained the matter we immed. liately stopped using the de . ow as it kills a small | vice"? he said today: Since he joined the Oshawa| 'We are now launching an im- dog pound four years ago he mediate investigation into the eligible for all courses, has been responsible for the| Matter and I will.be making a "For example," Mr. Shaver disposal of some 1,200 dogs us-|report to my committee very ole ; | soon. said, "a four + year business | i, the method. | "Until such times as a better : NO PAIN method is found killing of ani- No Sidewalk "The device," he told the Osh-! mals will be conducted by vet~ . On Grandview | awa Times this morning, "was'erinary surgeon Dr. Douglas Mee in use before I came here. It! Laurin, kills very quickly and there is| "He will be using an injection no pain involved for the ani-|method which forces an over- A sidewalk is not being con-| mal." | dose of anaesthetic into the ant- structed on Grandview ave. s. | Al Davidson, local inspector|mal's blood stream." Fred Crome, city works com- for the Ontario Humane Society,| Explaining the method Der. missioner, says the road is be-| ordered a ban on the device af-| McLaurin said that t:.. injection ing reconstructed and the level|/ter an anoymous phone call to/method kills within five to 10 will be an average of 10 inches|his office j seconds, lower at the centre line than| "I received the call yester-/ 'The animal is put to sleep previously. tie said the houie-| Gay, Tie said, "I fmiiediaieiy within a coupie of seconds ana vard will be five inches above investigated and then ordered|then quickly dies. There is no the centre line of the road the use of the device stopped un-| pain whatsoever. The animal John Hoddenbaugh, city de-|der the Society for Prevention! just goes to sleep and then sign engineer, said with the|of Cruelty to Animals Act". | dies." road reconstruction, allowance! Mr. Davidson said he agreed) is being made for sidewalks in| with his anonymous caller that;PRAISES POUND the future "We've done the best we can and to the minimum engineer standards,' Mr, Hodden baugh said Murdoch Robertson, city con He could not say when the board of governors for the Osh- awa area would be appointed, "The colleges of applied arts and technology," he said, "will offer programs for all secon- dary school graduates and all persons over 19 years of age,| regardless of thelr academic background," This does not imply, he said, the method used at the dog; Mr, Davidson pointed out that pound was inhumane his only complaint gvith the "] disagree with Mr, Muller|pound was the killing device. that this device kills a big dog) 'Mr, Muler's pound is one of as well as it kills a small one.|the best run and equipped I The power is not regulated, have seen, I have no complaint "A big dog, like a German| with it," day the homeowners should|Shepherd, needs a bigger; Of the device Mr. Muller said have no complaints about the| amount of power than say a tiny|that it was supplied to him by drainage as it will be better| poodle ithe city with the design of the new road.| "There is," he went on, "an; 'I have to use what they give It was erroneously reported electronic device on the market) me," he said, "If they want me in a story in the Times yester-| which has been approved by the/to use an electrothinater then I day that a public works com-|SPCA will use it, If they want me to mittee meeting was held Tues-) 'The instrument is called anjadminister anaesthetic deaths day. No meeting was sched-|electrothinater and it seells for|then J will do that. It is up to uled | around $700". (The dog pound's the city to decide." { iy & MANAGER MATT MUELLER INSPECTOR AL DAVIDSON,