Second Section City and district features, social and classified advertis- ing. ahill To Emergency Numbers Hospital 723-2211 Police 725-1138 Fire 725-6574 She Oshawa Times OSHAWA, ONTARIO, MONDAY, MARCH 15, 1965 | Lawyers Quick - To Pick Holes In Legal Aid This is the second article in a two-part feature on the On- tario Legal Aid Plan. On Saturday the system was explained. Today some of the systems faults are examined and improve- ments suggested. * By CHRIS DENNETT (Oshawa Times Staff) It is the lawyers, not the public, who are quick to pick holes in the Legal Aid scheme. As it affects the public the scheme has few major faults. The users of the scheme are happy with what they are getting. The lawyers, however, are apt to stop and think why they should be doing so much work for no monetary return. Ask any lawyer what his attitude is when yet another legal aid case lands on his desk and he will quickly reply that he does the work willingly and to the best of his ability. There is no argument here. He does. But in the near future lawyers would like to see some kind of return for all the work they put in. There is talk too, of a Public Defender system as run in certain American Municipalities. Such a man would hold a position on a par with the Crown Attorneys, only he would be defending instead of prosecuting. Ontario is very short of skilled and experienced criminal lawyers. Crown Attorneys, who are dealing in criminal law all the time, often run rampant in court. The lawyer who makes only infrequent appearance in criminal proceedings cannot hope to match him. A public Defender would be a man well versed in criminal law. He would be a skilled lawyer, well equipped to "take on" the experience of the Crown Attorney. If such an appointment was made all legal aid cases would | # be channeled through his office. Appointment In Doubt Whether- such an appointment would ever come about, however, is in extreme doubt. The bar of the province has already signified it would unan- imously oppose the inauguration of a Public Defender System. They feel that the appointment of full time local directors to handle minor offences, bail, remands and pleas of. guilty would be a good idea. ; The Law Society feels strongly, however, that a defendant should be allowed to select: his own counsel from the roster of those available under the legal aid plan. Joseph C. Victor, Legal Aid Director for Ontario County, is in favor of a legal aid panel for the county. Such a panel would be made up of skilled lawyers who had signified that they would like to be a part of the legal aid plan. "The members," Mr. Victor said, 'would be paid for their work. Working above this group would be a full time Director. He-would filter applications and pass on cases to the lawyer best suited to handle them. ig "The trouble," Mr. Victor went on, "is that lawyers handling legal aid cases are spending thousands of dollars worth of time with no hope of remuneration." For its part, the Law Society, which runs the Legal Aid plan in Ontario, feels that where a client can pay some small fee he should be made to. This, the society says, would make the client feel that he wasn't receiving charity. It would also assist in cutting court costs, As the legal aid plan serves the public Crown Attorney Bruce Affleck makes several criticisms. First, he believes the 10 years or less experience rule for lawyer handling legal aid cases should be removed. "A legal aid client is getting junior representation. Very often a junior lawyer is fighting to establish a business. In the handling of legal aid cases he has to give up valuable working time. This is bad. "Entitled To Senior Counsel" "A man should be entitled to select senior representation, too." In reply to this criticism Mr. Victor states, very fairly, that the majority of legal aid cases are of a very minor nature. Most concern family court matters. In other words, it is just not worth a senior lawyer handling a minor case. | Junior counsel can do the job just as well. "A lawyer with five or eight years'experience at the bar is more than competent to handle a legal aid case," he said. The second point Mr. Affleck makes is that when the duty roster for legal aid is struck it should not be tampered with. "Very often," he explained, "lawyers will switch duties to suit their own practices. This is bad. made up the lawyers should stick to it. "This should cause no bother. A preliminary meeting at the beginning of the year could be held and lawyers given a chance to state their preferences for duty. "Once the list is set people will know where to go for help." The lists, he added, should be made available at police sta- tions. At present they are not. Lists could be pinned up in po- lice station cells. This way people would be aware of their rights. and know where help could be found." Eligibility rules for people seeking legal aid also comes under fire from the Law Society They feel that the whole business should be played com- pletely by ear. : Eligibility should be. left to the discretion of the local direc- tors with no hard or fast rules about income or capital. Under the present system, the Law Society feels, a large segment of the community is not eligible for legal aid al- though it is in need of legal services for which it cannot afford to pay. The whole question of legal aid is now under consideration by a government joint committee. This is sitting in consultation with the and forge a better and more efficient system, interest is being taken very much to heart Many of the problems raised in this art consideration Belleville Girl Tossed 950 Feet In Tree Crash Law Society to try The public icle are receiving Don who attended the show "Club Paree" which jammed a capacity crowd into the Oshawa Civic Audi- torium. Don is one of the stars of the Shipstad and world figure skating cham- pion, who starred Saiurday in a show staged by the Oshawa Skating Club. Barry was one of many young- sters. shown above with Six - year - old Barry Shackleton, of Bowmanville, now has a very special sou- venir program auto- graphed by Don Jackson, THE "EYES" HAVE IT Johnson's Ice Follies and missed a performance in Cleveland with the Follies to appear in his home town. Other world skating stars appearing at the skating e Under iscu It may be lively -- and then again it may not. But, based on earlier state- ments by several members of city council, indications are that the Cahill discussion at tonight's council meeting will not be dull. Two weeks ago, a majority of aldermen felt the public should be notified in advance of the discussion date of -post-resigna- tion statements made by Kevin Cahill, the city's former $14,000 a year director of operations. At that meeting Ald. Cephas Gay said he saw no advantage in council holding a meeting to discuss Mr. Cahill and his re- marks. Although no one ver- bally agreed, only a few ver- bally disagreed and the remain- ing silence left one to believe other members felt much the same as Ald. Gay. However, Ald. Clifford Pilkey said there were 'some alleged statements made" by Mr. Cahill and that he wanted to answer them, REGRET PUBLICITY Ald. Christine Thomas, at a Feb. 1 council meeting, said she had "information" and "employees willing to come for- ward, although I regret the adverse publicity to the city". And Ald. Margaret Shaw said she had some questions she wanted answered. club carnival were the brother and sister team, Alexis and Chris Shields and Lyn Mathews and Brian Topping --Oshawa Times Photo OSHAWA TIMES POLL City Residents Asked About Selma Violence will rights when they. become Cana-jeven then it take some dian citizens. Why should they|time." discriminate in the U.S.,"" Mr.| Murdie MacMillan, of 732 Osh- Smykaluk stated. awa boulevard north placed the Canon F. G. Ongley, 428 Ade-|blame squarely on Governor laide street west: "I have a tre-/George Wallace of Alabama: mendous sense of regret for|"Wallace is the instigator of: all what is happening in Selma. It) the trouble, and it is terrible the is so easy for us to sit back|way the white people are follow- here in comfort and criticize|ing his lead. I think that the the actions of the Southern|federal government should step white. in and make sure that the laws Some Oshawa residents feel that the racial situation in Selma, Alabama, warrants in- tervention by the. U.S. federal government. | The Oshawa Times polled city residents for their views on the current struggle for voting rights being waged by Negroes in the small Alabama town, and came up with the following com- | ments: OPP CRUISER SIDESWIPED IN 100 MPH FREEWAY CHASE Speeds of up to 100 mph were reached in a police chase along the Macdonald- Cartier Freeway last night. The chase started in Osh- awa at the corner of Park road south and Gibb street. Constable Peter Mandryk, on cruiser patrol, spotted a stolen late model car swing- ing south on to Park road. He gave chase and with dome light flashing and siren blaring tried to bring the car to a stop. On one oceasion he pulled of between 95 and 100 mph. At Whitby the chase was joined by an OPP cruiser. Driving in front of the stolen car the officer again made repeated attempts to stop the car. The car got past, how- ever, by driving on to the shoulder As the driver did so he temporarily lost control of the car and_ side-swiped the OPP cruiser. With both police cars behind the stolen car speeds crept way up to the 100 "The federal government |should .step in and see that there is no more violence," said Mrs. Henry Etmanski, of 548 Wychwood. "Everything should be done to see that this violence jis stopped. I say this because I believe in freedom." "We must stand on the right of every man to first-class citi-| zenship, as our Canadian In-) dians should be first-class citi- zens. Hans Hudsonroeder, 384 Eliz- abeth street: 'The U.S, calls it- self the bastion of democracy are being obéyed. "Tf the federal laws are not being enforced, well, what is the point of having them?" asked Mr. MacMillan. "The trouble down there will go on for years, even if the federal government does inter- alongside the fleeing car but was forced to drop .back due to the slippery roads. Eventually the car drive on to the Macdonald-Cartier Freeway and headed to- wards Toronto at speeds mph mark. Swinging from lane to lane the car stopped re- peated police attempts to get past. Two 15-year-old Toronto youths were arrested, Once the list is | ~|tions would be raised, and low-! vene," said Mrs, G. E. Petre,) of 219 Verdun road. "I believe that the colored people down there should have full civil rights. but they don't practice what they preach. I certainiy hope that everything comes out all "The white people down there are scared that the Negroes will take over,' said Alex Smyka- |1uk, 293 Ritson road south. '"'The|right down there and that the |Negroes down there should en-|Negroes. will be recognized as : : ee joy all the rights, such as those/equal citizens. "Right now it) "It is a sorry situation, she we have here in Canada. looks pretty grim." lsaid, "when black and white "Negroes. who come to this} John Bellingham, 358 Ritson|cannot live together in peace." country from the West Indies,| road south: "The Negro should) "I was horrified by conditions full|be able to take his, stand in/in the south," said Mrs. C. S. and other places, have 1 sassttietia -- ~ ninco be 'Men Return To Work At Area Plant | An Uxbridge manufacturing {company was back at full pro- \duction today following the col-| lapse of a strike by members| lof Local 6602, United Steel | Workers. | George Howroyd, general |manager of Fritz Glitsch ie jada) Ltd., said today that '"'all but one or two" of some 60) |men who struck the plant Mar. |4 were back at work: The com-| One night in 1849 a ship came |pany manufactures petroleum|into Oshawa Harbor and dump- |refinery equipment. ed about 15 bodies on the jman. As a member of the Sal-| who recently visited the area. jvation Army I believe in the|"If they are not careful there equality of man. Certainly the|is going to be a war, between |southern white appears to be|Negro and white. |following the ideas of the past."| 'Things were very tense be- "They have a right to live as|tween the races during our well as anyone,' was the com-| visit," Mrs. Harden added, "and ment of J. F. LaBerge, 41 Elgin|I think that both sides are to street west. 'The government| blame. The colored people have! should take some action to see|a lot to put up with and should) | that the issue is settled, but! be able to vote, at least.' | Shipboard Cholera Panic Started Lake Cemetery said about six were at the} meeting Saturday, held to elect| trustees. His brother, Nelson, is | "I don't know why they came|shore. chairman. |back," said Mr. Howroyd, "but| Cholera had broken out on| Mrs. Gordon Conant, a long- it was not as the result of any|board and the captain wanted/time member of the Oshawa negotiations between the mento get: rid of the carriers just'as|and District Historical Society, and the company." fast as he could---before he was|says Thomas Conant (father Grant Taylor, USW represen-'left with no crew. jher late husband) owned the |tative, said that the return to| The harbor-master, a. Mr.|land containing the cemetery. jwork came as the result of;Wood, heard the noise, went She said he deeded the ceme- |meetings between the men and|down and buried the dead, and|tery to families who were still |Hans Glitsch, son of the com-|himself contracted the disease/burying their relatives there. |pany president and died. | Prior to the 1920's the ceme-| | "They went. back without, This is believed to be thejtery was full of memorial/ warning,' he said. "I under-| beginning of Port Oshawa Cem-|stones, icalls: Mrs. Conant. jstand that Hans Glitsch saidjetery, at Oshawa-on-the Lake,| Since then, she says, many jthat wages in some classifica-}on what is now Mayor Lymanjof the stones have _ been| Gifford's farm. trampled. | ered in rs. I call that, rob-) Last Saturday, the annual] In an effort to stop this, trus-| (nero pay Paul.", meeting of this cemetery"s|tees voted Saturday to put up <PLhey just didn't do this for|trustees was held nothing," he said. "'I at R. K.ja new fence. Mr. Robinson's have|Tonkin's Hillside avenue home| father left some money which heard that the meetings werejin Oshawa | will be used for perpetual care. |held last week. I don't know| Herbert E. Robinson, whose| "The main reason for the just what went on but someone|father was buried there in 1962,/board now is maintenance," Safety Belt Saves Boy After Tire Blows Out BAY RIDGES (Staff) -- A donald-Cartier Freeway Satur- day, blew its left rear tire and rolled at least once when it struck a dip in the south shoul- der, Mrs. Elsie Pearl Lowe, of 154 Stevenson road north, Oshawa, was treated at the Ajax and ~/the community with the white|Harden, of 100 Park road:south, |... travelling east on the Mac-|Pickering General Hospital for leg bruises after the accident at 4.15 p.m. Her eight-year-old son, Steven, escaped injury in the passenger seat because he was wearing a safety belt. The accident occurr- ed between Rosebank and Liver- The discussion could fizzle ssion by a few members of council seems inevitable. Whatever the outcome of to- night's discussion, at least one question will 'probably be left unanswered. NEW DIRECTOR And that is, will a new di- rector of operations be hired by city council or wiil the position be dropped? And if it is dropped, what wil! be the alter- native? Mayor Lyman Gifford was quoted March 4 as saying a de- cision on the matter will have to be made by council this month because if a new direc- tor is to.be hired, money will have to be placed in the 1965 budget. One alderman says he favors having a full-time mayor with a full-time salary rather than another director of operations. The full-time mayor setup he felt would be the first step to- ward a board of control and pa system type of administra- tion A few other aldermen have commented favorably on a board of control system for the city when it' nears the 100,000 population mark. Not too many members of council have been heard to speak favorably about a city manager type administration, which in effect would a "super" director of operations out. But prodding and probing setup. BAY RIDGES (Staff) -- One person was killed and a two- year-old child is in critical con- dition in Sick Children's Hos- pital after a one-car accident 'ust east of Bay Ridges Satur- day afternoon. A car driven by Mrs. Marion Crawford, 27. of 713 Hewson drive, Bay Ridges. going east on the Base Line road, passed another car and veered toward the north shoulder, through a row of, guard rails and down a 10-foot depression striking a tree. Her husband, John, 29, was pronounced dead at the Ajax and Pickering General Hospital Father Of Two Killed, Baby Injured In Smash of massive head injuries, five minutes after investigating Pickering Township Police Of- ficer Donald Martin sped him there by cruiser. Two-year-old Karen Craw- 'ord is in. critical condition at the Toronto Sick Children's Hospital with severe head in- juries and a skull fracture. Mrs Crawford suffered lacer- ations to the head, neck, arms and legs as well as a broken shoulder. The family was on its way to Whitby when the accident oc- curred. A six-year-old daughter, -- had been left with neigh- rs. The president of the Fernhill Park Neighborhood Association, Gerald Hill, is hopping mad, An association meeting was called for Mar. 9, bui due to talent night at Ridgeway School nobody showed up at his meet- ing. "T feel," he said, "if half as many parents would show the same interest '- the park as they have shown in the school, we would have no trouble or- ganizing our coming year's ac- tivities." "A special questionaire was sent out to over 1,120 homes in the area and out of this we had only one new member show up," he said. Association Members Miss Important Meeting meeting is not properly attended by the membership, the execu- tive will have no choice but to discontinue all scheduled sum- mer sports and playground ac- tivities scheduled for this year. "The executive and myself feel that it was high time a change of blood was brought into the executive," Mr. Hill said. 'Most of us on the execu- tive have been on it for over 10 years and some do not have any children participating in any sports." "T think this should be a big enough warning for the mem- bership and if they don't attend the meeting on Mar. 21, at 2 p.m. then it's just too bad," he pool roads. Mr. Hill also said if the' next said. A car-tree collision on thejfeet clear of her small car|was suckered into something." |says there are about 100 per-|Mr. Robinson said today. He Macdonald - Cartier Freeway|Which left the east-bound Jane of} Mr. Taylor said that the end|sons interred in the _ hilltop|said his father looked after the early today sent Rose Marie| the. highway just east of thelof the strike had not been au-|cemetery, with some room -for}grounds. before he died. Brunka, 23, of Belleville, to the|\ tock Street, Whitby, clover-|thorized by the union. "These|others yet. The city manual lists this . leaf, and struck the tree. The|people have committed an of-| A. sister Mr. FPobinson'sicemetery as the first in Osh- Oshawa General Hospital for! ear w- ' " 3 4 I "\car was badly damaged in -the|fence against union rules,' he|father, Mrs. Eunice Maynard,|awa (actually it was in East treatment for shock and abra-|accident which police: officers|said, 'but I do not presume} was buried there in 1963 |Whitby Township prior to the} sions. attributed to poor weather con-|that any disciplinary action will| Mr. Robinson says two meet-|1951 annexation) and gives the| Miss Brunka was thrown 50/ditions, |be taken." ings are held every year, Helsize as 107 feet by 176 feet. | nt iY J TROPHY FOR TOP SCOUT its donor Mr, Trotter pre- sented the annual trophy in gratitude for the good work the scouting movement has done for youth and for his son, Lennis, left, who now leaves the group. The pres- entation was also witnessed by Bruce Murdoch, right, chairman of the father's group committee which or- ganized the Father and Sons Banquet at the Simcoe street United Church - hall Saturday when the presen; tation was made The top scout of the Third Oshawa Scout group, Robert Gordon, 16, is shown above as he receives the William Trotter trophy for the out- standing troop scout from of --Oshawa Times Photo. a