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Retailers Are Opposed To Imposition Of Hidden Taxes HE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE OSHAWA Combining The Oshawa Times and Whithy Gazette and Chronicle WHITBY VOL. 10--No. 90 OSHAWA-WHITBY, TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 1951 PAGE THREE Ald. Bateman Further Amplifies Statement About Children's Aid Further amplification of the dis- cussion between Alderman Evelyn Bateman and the Children's Aid Society regarding establishment here of a family court was provided The Times-Gazette today. Mrs. Bateman provided a statement which, she said, was not a further prolongation of the controversy but merely a presentation of addi- tional information on the matter. "I do not wish to prolong this discussion beyond this point", Al- derman Bateman said, "but I felt that I should make some rebuttal to the Saturday statement of the Children's Aid Society stating that I did not provide city council with sufficient information on the pro- gress of the discussion." Mrs. Bateman's. statement is as follows: April 16, 1951 "A committee of council was set up to meet with representatives of the Children's Aid Society and Mag- istrate Ebbs, regarding the estab- r shment of a Juvenile and Family ourt under The Children's Aid So- "ciety of the County of Ontario and the City of Oshawa, as a result of a letter of recommendation received from the Children's Aid Society. The committee was not given power to act. It was to report back to Touncil. Nothing New Added "The council was already inform- ed on the Children's Aid recom- mendations through the letter re- ceived containing rather full infor- mation. This same letter was the brief used at the meeting of the two committees and nothing new was added. at that one and only meet- ing, except that the Children's Aid set-up could not very well use Maj- or Earle's services; after some con- siderable discussion they decided that maybe it could be arranged but that they would also have to have another paid worker at $2- 250. per year, sooner or later; and | we learned that the Welfare De- | partment would not be welcome at | Family Court sessions in many in- | stances. No motion was made at this meeting to finalize any de- | cision. If there had been I should | have spoken up for further time: to | get more information. They maybe plt because there was no quesijon | Braised that it implied consent. Not | necessarily so. At. that time I] could not -say if I favoured it or not, as I wanted to hear or learn| how other people in other places in | Welfare, found the operation of the Family Court. We knew how the Children's Aid felt about it al- "ready, but not the other side. I had no opinion as I was too ig- norant about it, but the mayor sug- gested that I get information where possible which I proceeded to do. Provincial Man Opposed "Alderman Noble asked me one night a few weeks' later, after council meeting where I was get- ting the information ai?! I told him from numerous places but did not know complete results yet as some people had not been able to be contacted; he suggested that I contact Mr, Duncan in Toronto Department (I had in mind to get in touch with the Minister of Wel- fare, Mr. Goodfellow, but he was away). I did not contact Mr. Noble's reference because of lack of time, nor did he apparently. "Alderman Noble told me of the attitude of one of the Provincial men being vehemeéntly against the family court. - "As I understood it, the commit- ee was to get information--we got t from both sides. Alderman Noble was in full knowledge of the facts as soon as the council and the] mayor. The mayor decided and ask- ed me to bring the report to coun- | cii as council was the place where the final decision should be made. The only technicality that may have been gone through was for our council committee to have made a recommendation, but the council still had to decide. Alderman Noble was in the chair and controlled the situation as to discussion since I had to make the report. The report was not my opinion but facts from other places. I read 8 reports and was stopped, as that being enough; there were 4 more. There was no in- accuracy. "The committee was not obliged to nor was it necessary to meet again with the Childrei.'s Aid rep- resentatives because they had given all the information in the letter, and again at our meeting with! them. "It was the business of the coun- cil to deal with and dispose of, and it was an unanimous vote. The break down of the 76 cases last year is as follows: first though, these are not all separate cases, often the same cases brought up again. 2 cases were not from Osh- awa; 14 times the man was not apprehended; 17 cases were Wwith- drawn; 22 cases (often the same case) were adjourned or remanded. | intelligent and have helped {out many home difficulties with Extend Call To North Bay Minister The congregation of Knox Pres- byterian Church, at a largely at- tended congregational meeting last night, extended a unanimous call to Rev. Stewart B. Coles, B.A., of North Bay, to become its pastor. The pulpit of the local church has been vacant since February when Rev. Hugh F. Davidson, M.A, i accepted a call to Chatham. The meeting moved to request the Presbytery of East Toronto to moderate in a call to Mr. Coles. This request will be considered at a meeting of the presbytery to be Tuesday, April 24. A committee composed of Mrs. AW. Smith, A H. Dancey and Roy Hamilton was appointed to appear | before the presbytery to prosecute | the call. During the meeting the Board of Managers of the church was authorized to spend up to $15,000 to secure a suitable manse for the inister. Rev. David Marshall, minister of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Whitby, interim moderator of Knox Church during the vacancy, presid- ed at the meeting. 'Will Extend Highway To 'Newcastle Eastern extension of Number 2A Highway from Oshawa was promis- ed last night by Hon. George H. Doucett, M.P.P.,, Minister of High- ways and of Public Works speak- ing last night over a provincial network of the Canadian Broad- casting Corporation from C.B.L. in Toronto. "We have already made progress in surveying the route for the new dual-lane highway extending east | from the Windsor area. In this important area in Western On- tario we shall get on with a sub- stantial amount of grading. East of Oshawa we propose .to continue work on the easterly extension of another important link in this 4- lane route. This, presently, will give us a 4-lane pavement from Toronto to Newcastle", the Minister said. "Again we shall continue con- struction of the interceptor high- way from the Malton vicinity, swinging well to the north of To- ronto and joining Highway 2A near Highland Creek", Mr. Doucett fic will no longer have to fight its way through the congested streets of our- provincial metropolis". manage relief and with the volun- teer workers do much to keep homes together and people on their own feet. The welfare workers do not lose sight of the long viewpoint and benefits of children and family as a whole--in fact, .he people deal- ing with such through the welfare department are very practical and their interest and understanding and are not paid workers. It has been only through the efforts of the wel- fare department workers that many home is Oshawa have been held to- gether. This department has al- ways tried to promote reconciliation of couples and only as a last resort have brought the case to court. "At present, the welfare depart- ment, upon request of parties con- cerned in administering the funds paid regularly hy 3 different men for the maintenance of their fam- ilies. In one particular case the man has been paying through the welfare department for 9 years and in the meantime no court action has been necessary. . Primary Interest "We must remember that the Children's Aid Society officers are interested primarily in getting children out of undesirable condi- tions and replacing them again with the family when conditions are remedied or better than previously, and the Children's Aid officers may lose sight of the fact that some one has to pay, it is true, it shoyld be_the persons who created the undesirable situation, but after that it is a matter of the ability of the tax pa er to pay and it becomes py This accounts for 55 of the 76--the } others were: 3 cases dismissed; 5 suspended sentences; 2 men sent to jail and court orders were made in the other 11 cases. All of this de- tailed information was given to council in the report. Welfare Workers Do Much "The welfare department does Coming Events RUMMAGE SALE, KING STREET |Payer pays our share of a $15,000.) ! from Community | "The Wednesday, (89h) Church basement, April 18, at 2:30. a seeming injustice to the tax payer if children are held by the Society when the parent or family are ready and able to pay and the | children are still kept by the Soci- | ety longer than may be intelligent- ly necessary for the good of all, con- cerned. : The account just received from [the Children's Aid Soclety for the month of March 'is over $2,600.00. A little of this can be collected from some who are paying, but a very small percentage. Besides these monthly amounts the tax deficit, $5,000 Chest also goes to C.AS. held in Cooke's Church, Toronto, on | > | Royal Couple in Holy City The Duke of Edinburgh and Princess Elizabeth stand on the veranda of the Villa Wolkonsky, in Rome, where they are spending some time. The villa is the residence of Sir Victor Mallet, British Ambassador to Rome. ~--Canada Wide Picture. Rotary May Sponsor Mobile Arthritis Unit In Immediate Area "There is no single vitamin or pill which will cure rheumatoid Arthritis, not even Cortisone or Acth. The two latter will alleviate the symptoms but they are both costly and their use cannot continued indefinitely. When their use is stopped the disease recurs iron | with full serverity", declared John | D. Peirson, executive secretary of the Ontario Branch of the Arth- ritis and Rheumatism Society, .in | an address at the luncheon meet- ing of the Oshawa Rotary Club yesterday. ' On display in the Picadilly Room of Hotel Genosha during the lunch- eon was one of the mobile units | operated by the Society. Complete- ly equipped for the care and treat- ment of Arthritic and rheumatic cases, it was given close attention by a large number of members. To Consider Project Here The unit is one of two sponsored by the Rotar Club of Toronto for the past two years. Four such units are in use in Southern On- tario, the others being based at | Ottawa and Kingston. It is plan- ned to have 15 mobile units in operation by fall in Southern On- tario. will consider sponsorship of a unit at its club council meeting on continued. "Ultimately a substan- j Thursday night. tial amount of trans-Ontario traf- {unit carried infra red lamps, heat Mr, Peirson explained that the lamps, body bakers, wax baths and portable shortwave equipment. The staff in each case is carefully selected with great attention be- ing paid to ability to meet the public. It was explained that arthritis and rheumatism as diseases are not killers, but as the illness is protracted and hospital beds are hard to get treatment can best be given in the home. The main ways of dealing with the two diseases is through rest, gentle massage, exercise, heat and f{ree- dom from worry. The mobile units ensure that the prescription for treatment given by the individual physician will be carried out. The physiotherapist in charge of a mobile unit can care for between 200 and 300 patients a year and gives about 2,300 treatments a year. Each unit costs '$3,500 a year to operate. The Ontario branch of the Society has an annual budget of $350,000 of which less than 5 per cent is expended for publicity, advertising and administrative costs, The equipment carried by each unit costs $500. Not A Single Disease A physician at Sunnybrook Hos- pital, Dr. Metro Ogryzlo stated that arthritis is not a single disease but has many variations. The most common variety is rheumatoid arthritis which attacks both sexes and is no respector for any partic- ular age group. The terrifying things about it is that it is a lingering, crippling disease. A suf- ferer may be so disabled he cannot look after himself or feed -himself. It was emphasized education of the patient and the public in the fundamental nature of the disease and where he can secure help are absolutely necessary. Other points in the program being undertaken by the Ontario group" include the education of physicians in diag- nosis and care of cases; the setting up of clinics at recognized centres; research; the establishment of fellowships and the establishment of physiotherapy units. 600,000 Canadian Sufferers It was stated that there are 600,- 000 rheumatoid arthritis sufferers in Canada of whom 100,000 are serious cases; 20,000 of these are either in bed or wheelchair. The disease is costing workers $54,000,- 000. a year in lost wages. The talks were climaxed with the showing of a color movie entitled Problems of Rheumatoid Arthritis" which showed the crip- The Oshawa Rotary Club | Large Delegation 'At Recreation i: Conference A big delegation from Oshawa | attended the third East Central | Zone Conference of the Ontario | Recreation Association held at the | Peterborough Y.W.C.A. on Satur- day, April 14. | lated to a common topic, summer playgrounds, with the entire after- noon session chaired by John Pierson, Director of Recreation at Brantford, and devoted to many phases of playground programming. Local recreation - leaders, Gordon McMahon, Director of Recreation at Whitby, and Alan Quin and Bill Smith of the Oshawa C.R.A. led sessions on, "Enlisting Volunteers," "Leadership Training," and "Pro- | gram Planning." The speaker at the evening din- ner was Dr. J. B. Kirkpatrick, Di- rector of the School of Physical | Education at McGill University. Dr, Kirkpatrick, in a spellbinding | address, stressed that recreation was something for every age group and every interest. Alderman Anglesea brought greetings from the Mayor of Peter- borough, and Alderman Clifford Harman from Mayor Starr of Osh- awa. At the close of the Conference, delegates saw a demonstration of ornamental swimming by members of the Peterborough Ornamental Swimming Club. Little Theatre Studio The second meeting of the Dsh- awa Little Theatre Club will be held on Wednesday night at C.R.A. when rehearsals will begin for the one-act melodrama, "The Valiant" which is being directed by Made- line Tooley, and .for the one-act fantasy, "They Refuse to be Resur- rected," to be directed by Louise Thomson. Rehearsals for the Little Theatre Studio Club come- day, "World Without Men," to be directed by Marjorie McLeod, will be held on Thursday night. At Wednesday's meeting, a fur- ther series of one-act plays will be cast and it is intended that a ser- ies of experimental one-act plays will be presented to Little Theatre members in the near future, The big need at the moment is for more male players and any male who comes along on Wednes- day night will be assured of a hearty welcome. BUILDING WORK SAFER Toronto, April 17--(CP)--Con- struction work is three or four times safer than it was a dozen years ago and the price of safety is lower, Richard Milne, chairman of the Safety Association of On- tario, said Monday. Last 'year there were 5,011 accidents in which workmen lost more than a week's employment, he told an Associa- tion meeting. Of these 32 were fatal and 452 were strains caused by lifting. ---- pling effect of the disease and var- ious methods of treatment. Mr. Peirson was introduced by Rev. R. E. Richardson while the thanks of the members was ably voiced by President 8, F. Everson. The day's discussions were re- | Report Given On Flooding By Engineer Flood conditions in the City of Oshawa, resulting mostly in inches and in some cases, feet of waters in cellars had repercussions last night at the regular meeting of City Council. Members of the civic ad- ministrative body have been be- seiged with calls from taxpayers asking them to "do something about it". What they did last night, aside | | from the uttering of a few thousand words, was to demand reasons from the City Engineer. He provided soufid reasons why there should be flooding in some sections of the city such as Grierson Avenue, Mary Street and other sections -- the storm sewers have, over the years, | been plugged by an accumulation of sand and silt. Consequently, in many cases, unless cellar drains are plugged the water just backs up and flows into rather than out of cellars. Northway Court, as it usually is, was deemed to be in a class all of its own. Many cellars in that de- velopment are flooded and the city offices have been inundated with requests to borrow or hire pumps. Unfortunately the city has no equipment suitable. After a period of discussion dur- | ing which reason after reason for flooding was presented and con- sidered, Alderman William Noble summed it all up succinctly. The principal reason, he said, was be- cause so much rain had fallen. Howe 'Very Worried' Rhout Steel Lack Ottawa April 17--(CP)--Defence Production Minister Howe said Monday in the Commons he is "very worried" about the steel shortage. He said that if anyone is con- sidering a project requiring steel {he would advise him not to start. Club Meets Wednesday If anyone had firm plans to go ahead with a project requiring steel he would advise him to reconsider. G. K. Fraser (PC--Peterborough West) suggested Mr. Howe consider providing more steel available for hot water tanks, needed for re- placement purposes. Mr. Howe said he was afraid he could not promise any increase in steel for hot water tanks, Says Five Atom Bombs Could Ruin UK Economy Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, April 17 -- (Reuters) -- Air Commo- dore Sir Frank Whittle, chairman of the United Kingdom Migration Council, said yesterday flve atomic bombs could destroy the economic life of Britain. In an address before the Rhodesia National Affairs Association, he said the very existence of the Common- wealth strategically might depend on large-scale migration as a mat- ter of policy. BIG DROP Including Niagara Falls and the rapids, the Niagara River drops 315 feet in a seven-mile stretch. Jaycees Hear Outline Of City Plans At the regular meeting of the] Oshawa Junior Chamber of Com- merce held last night in the Ade- laide House, Norman .Millman, Chairman of the Oshawa. Planning Board, outlined the proposed plan- ned expansion of Oshawa in the annexed area. On a graphic land use map of the city with which he illustrated his talk 'were clearly de- fined divisions for residential, com- mercial, industrial, community playgrounds, and municipal use as well as buffer strips and farm lands. This plan, he stated, must still be submitted to city council and Pro- vincial authorities for approval but when finally approved it would give the planning board more strength than present municipal zoning by- laws. "We of the planning board are not permitted visionary planning but are often restricted to more mundane things such as sewers," Mr. Millman told the meeting. "Still every city must have some idea where they are heading." Under the plan. which Mr. Mill- man and the Planning Board have designed, industrial areas will be set up adjacent to the two main railroads as well as in present loca- tions. Two small industrial areas are also planned for the north end of the city. Room For Expansion Small commercial areas which will supplement the main commer- cial area in the centre of the city, which is given room for expansion in the plan, have been allotted. | "In these areas it is proposed to | have a small unit of three or four | stores which will enable the house- | wife in that section of the city to | do her shopping more easily," he | stated. "They will eliminate the small half - stores, half - residences | which dot the city." Subdivision in the buffer strip | will be allowed only in lots of not | less than five acres, he added. This | will prevent the growth of minor | residential areas along the fringe | of the city. Sewer and water facili- | ties will only be extended to the | inner edge of this strip, he stated. "Our present plan would allow for expansion up to a population of 90,000. When we will reach this figure is problematical. When I took this job in 1946 I estimated that the city would reach a popu- lation of 50,000 by 1970. If it does not reach this population long be- | fore 1970, we will have had a severe depression. That shows how far wrong one can be in trying to esti- mate the growth of a city," he laughingly told the meeting. Would Divert Traffic He stated that provisions had been made in the plans to attempt to reroute traffic so that the four corners would not be congested. It was expected that a bridge would be constructed over the Oshawa Creek at Louisa Street. This would siphon off much of the traffic from the north end. With improved condigons on Rit- son Road and Park d and a widened thoroughfare on Bloor Street, much of the traffic could be | induced to flow around the heart of the town. At the same time this would per- | mit easier use of the centre of the | town as a shopping centre since it would not easily be strangled by traffic . . He upheld the step already taken in reserving the land along the Oshawa Creek fore community pur- poses under the Creek Valley Plan. "This is the only thing in the way of natural beauty which can be de- veloped by the city," he stated. A spirited discussion period was held following Mr, Millman's ad- | dress with the pertinent questions | asked by the members showing er intense interest in the sub- ect. Stock Car Race Project Given Board Approval Approval has been granted by the Oshawa Parks Board for the Osh- awa Junior of Commerce to hold stock car races in Alexandra Park on Saturday, June 16, it was an- nounced last night 'at the meeting of the Jay Cees. In conjunction with these races the Junior Cham- ber plans to put on a display to further their Traffic Safety cam- paign. Speaking for the Oshawa Stock Car Racing Club, Paul Ristow told the meeting that an entry of at least 20 cars will be expected for that date. These will be made up of all Oshawa cars and drivers. These young drivers who will be embarking on their first race will ensure a good race with plenty of thrills and competition, he assured the meeting.' allow dogs to run at large June and July. NOTICE TO DOG OWNERS Owners of dogs are hereby notified that they must procure their licenses by May 1st. obtained from the City Clerk's Office, or the Police Office. Notice is also given that it is against the City By-laws to These licenses may be during the months of May, OWEN D. FRIEND, Chief of Police | made Speaker Calls For Return to Ideals Of True Democracy Deploring the federal government's hidden tax methods, the Retail Section of the Oshawa Chamber of Commerce last night passed a resolution strongly urging that there be no amendment to the British North American Act to permit the provinces to levy a hidden sales tax or any other indirect tax that the secretary, L. W. McConkey, be instructed to send copies of the resolution to the Oshawa members of the Federal and Provincial parliaments and to the Prime Minister's of Canada and Ontario. Passing of the resolution was sug- gested by Richard G. Lewis, pub- lisher of the Canadian Retail Sales Index, during a dinner meeting address to members of the Retail Section of the Oshawa Chamber in Hotel Genosha. The resolution was acted upon following the close of the meeting. : Mr Lewis also urged the Retail Section to start a campaign to en- courage individuals and other or- ganizations to voice their protests too. He said the entire country should be extremely concerned over the actions of the Federal Govern- ment right now, "This government was elected and the Socialist party almost completely wiped out in 1949. Yet its economic systems of regulations and controls and hidden taxes are conceived on principles of social- ism. "The new regulations curtailing credit do not just mean that it is no longer possible to buy a car or a refrigerator unless you are able to pay half the purchase price in your down payments, It does not only mean that you cannot use your credit at the bank to assist you to gather up the initial pay- ment on a house unless you can pay the bank loan off in a year," Mr. Lewis, who is also Publisher of the Broadcaster and Telescreen, said. : Bans Healthy Expansion "It does mean though that busi- ness cannot go through with plans of healthy expansion with money provided by the bank. It means also that every effort is being to curtail your personal spendings, which «will, in turn, diminish production of the goods you buy, and this will eventually deprive industry and business of the revenue that they must have if they are going to pay our wages and salaries. "On top of this, in order to take up any loose money which may be left after the new scale of taxation gets working, it has a plan called a "turnover tax". It will not impose this tax itself. Rather it will place the provinces in such a position that they will be com- pelled to impose it," he said. ""This is to consist of a direct levy of three per cent on every- thing. It is as simple as that. "Naturally - such a move would not be popular. "So, in order to pry the money it wants out of our pockets with- out having to lose face, which means votes, the Federal govern- ment will seek an amendment to the British North American Act, which, if it is carried, will permit the = Provincial Governments to collect this tax. Then it will aban- don some of the welfare and other services it has been paying for, thus throwing these added burdens on the shoulders of the Provinces and compelling them to levy the tax, whether they want to or not, in order to make ends meet. A Hidden Tax "The sinister part of all this is that you won't know you are pay- ing this tax because it will be an- other hidden one. "It will be added on to the price the merchant must pay for his merchandise, thus making him not only pay the tax but act as tax collector too. (He should be getting good at this sort of thing by now.) And then of course, he in turn will have no alternative to hand- ing it on to you and me. "It will be just like cigarettes | and the legion of other things on which there are hidden taxes now. "When you buy a package of cigarettes, the government now cole lects nearly two thirds of the ree tail price. Including the new 10% sales tax and the 25% excise tax, there is a levy of one third on the manufacturer's price of a car, a radio or a household appliance. The bottle of whiskey for which you pay between four and five dollars nets the distiller consider= ably less than a dollar," he said. My point, he said, is not so much that these exorbitant taxes are imposed. To me the disturbing thing is that they are levied in¥% such a way that it would appear to the public that the money is going not to the government but to the manufacturer. Time For Protest "And that is the system they propose to force the Provinces to adopt for the new turnover tax, unless you and I and the rest of the country do something abou$ it," he said. Definitely the Retail Section of the Oshawa Chamber of Commerce should go on record with a resolu= tion deploring the government's hidden tax methods in general and the turnover tax threat in particue lar. Beyond that it should start a campaign to encourage individuals and other organizations to voice their protests too, Mr. Lewis stated. It is time we quit shrugging our shoulders and saying "Politics? Pah!" It is time we set to work to learn a language which will be intelligible to the people who represent us in parliament, and tell them they have to raise the money to defend our country, but that this hidden tax method is hit- ting below the belt," Mr. Lewis stated. "Let's make up our minds here and now that the government is not "they" but "we"; that the taxes are not "their" money but "our" money. Let's stand up on our own two feet and see to it that the affairs of "our" country are run 'our' way by 'our' rep- resentatives and not by a group of self-appointed dictactors who think it is their prerogative to rule the people they were appointed to serve," he said. "One of the most frightening aspects connected with the failure of the people of Canada to speak to one another in their own lane guage is the state of chaos and pane demonium that besets us today, and is reflected in the state of econoe mic confusion that exists all over the world," Mr. Lewis stated. Reasons for this, on the surface, he said may be attributed to strife and dissension in labor and mane agement circles, as well as wars and the threat of wars, I submit though that this is not the basic reason for the dilemma, Reason For Confusion "The real cause is the failure of the elected representatives in the legislative assemblies of this overe governed country to keep the reins of democratic government in their own hands--where they belong. This has resulted in the system of government by the people through parliament being thrown out and a system of government by the personal opinion of a few strong men, who were elected by the people, it is true, but who were elevated to positions of fantasti HIDDEN *TAXES (Continued on Page 8) TOMORROW at TICKETS GO ON SALE HENDERSON'S For the Oshawa Little Theatre Presentation of NORMAN KRASNA"S Famous Broadway Comedy Success "JOHN rvs MARY" OSHAWA CENTRAL COLLEGIATE AUDITORIUM Y THR. FRI. 4 SAT. 5 8.30 P.M. 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