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THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE Published by Times-Gozette Publishers Limited, 57 Simcoe St. South, Oshawa, Ont, Page 6 Aveaoy January 9. 1956 Tax Agreement Formula Benefits All Of Provinces % The new formula proposed by Prime Minister St. Laurent for tax agree- ments with the provinces of Canada offers considerable hope that such agreements will be reached. It pro- Vides that the amount to be received by the provinces, in the aggregate, will be increased by $66 million, In the ease of the province of Ontario, the in- Zrease in the amount paid to it in rent- al of its income, corporation and suc- cession duty taxes will be increased by $29 millign. In tekms of dollars and cents, this makes the new formula that much more acceptable to the pro- vinces. Of even more importance, however, is the proposal which gives the provin- ces more flexibility in the arrangement of their own taxes. Under this, the pro- vinces are left free, if they so desire, to enter into these three tax fields, in- come, corporation and succession du- ties. In the event of any province de- ciding to do this, rebates would be al- lowed by the federal government on the amount it collects. This seems like an equitable arrangement, and one which may help to 'solve the problems faced by the Ontario government in keeping pace with the tremendous in- dustrial development of this province. There is one aspect, however which is not so favorable to Ontario. This is the proposal by whch all the provinces except Ontario, will receive equaliza- tion payments to bring their standards of revenue up to that of Ontario. These payments will amount to $123 million, and by their very nature, this amount will have to come out of the taxes paid by Ontario. This is inevitable, since Ontario's standard is that to which other provinces are to be raised, and because 50 per cent of the total of the taxes paid in the categories involved emanate from the province of Ontario. That, however, is something which has to be borne in the interest of Canadian uniformity and unity. The making of these proposals, of course, does not mean their acceptance as they stand. There will be further discussions and conferences before fi- nality is reached. The new formula, however, provides something which is much closer to the realities of the situ ation than anything which was pro- posed at the Dominion-Provincial Con- ference of last October. Restoring Municipal Autonomy One of the most welcome and grati- fying announcements to be heard from a cabinet minister for a long time was that made by Hon. Willim A. Goodfel- low, Ontario minister of municipal af- fairs, at the recent Rotary Club civic day luncheon in Oshawa. In his ad- dress on that occasion, Mr. Goodfellcw forecast that an effort will be made to break down the autocratic, arrogant and dictatorial attitude of the offici- als of his department in dealing with municipalities. He also indicated, by inference, that something would be done to curb the powers of the Ontar- io Municipal Board so far as having jurisdiction over municipal expendi- tures is concerned. In the first place it is very unusual and somewhat refreshing, to find a cabinet minister admitting that the officials of his own department have been "autocratic, arrogant and dicta- torial." That reveals the innate hon- estly of Mr. Goodfellow as the head of a department. At the same time, he only said what municipal representa- tives have been saying for a Ir time. They have been suffering for years from the attitude which the minister, a newcomer to the department of mu- nicipal affairs, finds reprehensible. So far as the powers of the Ontario Municipal Board are concerned, they have been long under criticism from municipal bodies. These powers were given the board back in the depression days of the thirties, as a means of forcing municipalities to curb expend- tures and avoid bankruptcy. In many cases, in which municipalities were unable to meet their obligations, they were necessary. But conditions have changed since then, and it is a source of great irritation to municipal coun- cils to have to go, hat in hand, to the Municipal Board to have proposed ex- penditures approved. The powers and authority conferred on the Municipal Board in that direction have robbed municipalities of much of ther auton- omy to handle ther own affairs. It is gratifying to learn from Mr. Goodfellow that he proposes to restore a large degree of this last autonomy to the municipalities. As he said, mu- nicipalities are the best judges of what their expenditures should be, and it should not be mecessary to have even the smallest details submitted to a government body for approval. Progress In Driver Education Considering the short time it has been in existence, the Oshawa Safety Council has made splendid progress in its program for education of drivers of motor vehicles in the city. There are two phases of this program to which attention was called at a meet- ing of this body a few years ago. Both of them are of importance in creating a greater measure of safety-conscious- ness in the minds of drivers of motor vehicles. First is the announcement that the necessary equipment has been secur- ed for carrying on a course of instruc- tion for teen-agers in the safe and proper driving of a motor vehicle. Sev- enty pupils, divided equally between the OCVI and OCCI have enrolled for this course. It will include, first of all, classroom instruction, and later, road instruction by competent instructors, This has been made possible by the co- The Daily Times-Gazette T. L. WILSON, Publisher and General Manager. M. McINTYRE HOOD, Editor The Daily Times-Gazette (Oshawa, Whitby), com. bining The Oshawa Times (established 1871) and the Whitby Gazette and Chronicle (established 1863), is published dally (Sundays and statutory holidays ex. cepted.) ' Members of Canadian Daily Newspapers Publishers Association, The Canadian Press, Audit Bureau of Cir- culation, and the Ontario Provincial Dailies Association The Canadian Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news despatches in the paper credit. ed to it or to The Associated Press or Reuters, and also the local news published therein. Al rights of special despatches are also reserved. Offices: 44 King Street West, Toronto, Ontario; 229 University Tower Building, Montreal, P.Q. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carriers in Orbawa, Whitby, Brooklin Port Perry, Ajax, and Pickering, rot over 30¢c per werk By matl (in province of Ontario), outside carrier de livery areas, $12.00. Elsewhere $15.00 per year DAILY AVERAGE NET PAID CIRCULATION FOR JULY 12,328 operation of the Board of Education with the Safety Council. This is an excellent beginning, but we see it as only a beginning. We have hopes that as the value of this course becomes more apparent, a much great- er enrolment than the 70 pupils now registered will be recorded, and its benefits extended to hundreds of young people who will one day be driving cars safely on our streets, The second commendable project of the Safety Council is that of publish- ing a booklet containing particulars of all local bylaws governing traffic. This is something that is very much needed, and its preparation by former Police Chief Owen Friend and Ser- geant Ernest Barker, leaves it in good hands .It is impossible, without such information in concise form, for citi- zens to keep in touch wth all the local traffic bylaws. With such a booklet available, there will be much less ex- cuse for violations of these laws, These are highly constructive mea- sures which provide full justification for the formation of the Oshawa Safe- ty Council. These and its other activi- ties in safety education make it a valu- able instrument towards reducing the incidence of traffic accidents in Osh- awa. Bible Thoughts He was called friend of God.--James 2:23. Abraham came from Ur of the Chaldees where the Garden of Eden was. He brought the story of creation with him, and he was sensi: tive to God's call and followed it, not knowing what the end would be. We can be God's friends too, JANUARY EVENINGS ARE CHILLY ou,' so You VOTED FOR Him 2 v QUEEN'S PARK Minister Gives Effective Reply By DON O'HEARN Special Correspondent To The Daily Times-Gazette TORONTO: Reforms Minister John Foote gave a very effective reply to Donald MacDonald's charges of maladministration in his department. | Mr, Foote in a press interview ticked off the CCF leader's allega- tions one by one and gave the following replies: OLD STORY That the superintendent of the Cobourg home was being transfer- red for 'political reasons': The superintendents move was part of a regular shift. It was policy to have senior officials of the department move around so they would have a good back- ground for promotion. The present superintendenis ai Guelph and Bur- wash had each been moved five times before being appointed to their present posts. The incident of the Cohourg employee who had been rehired after the minister's intervention had happened two years ago. This was the only oc- casion in his six years in office that Mr. Foote had ever spoken on behalf of an employee and on this occasion all he had done was ask the superintendent to. see if he could fit him in. The superintend- ent had recommended he be re- hired in a different capacity. BOARD RECOMMENDED That a 13 vear old girl had been kept in solitary confinement for a 90 day period at Galt and then transferred to the Mercer reform- atory: READER'S VIEWS or opposition members alike Despite her youth the girl was an incorrigble who had escaped several times and had been un- manageable. She was locked up at night and when she had tantrums, but never for sustained periods and otherwise had all the privil- eges of other girls. She had been transferred to Mercer on the rec- ommendation of the advisory board which had reviewed her case twice previously. The minister agreed only because the special training school to which she was being sent at Mercer had a remarkable re- habilitation record. Since being sent there reports were she was set tling down for the first time. On other charges: That physical training and arts and crafts were being cut down at Galt. Absolutely wrong. They were being intensified. That the garden at the same iIn- stitution had been stopped because the girls had been stealing vege- tables: "Nonsense". It had been found that groups of women ap- parently just couldn't run a suc- cessful garden. DIDN'T TRY Jut the strongest {indictment against Mr. MacDonald was the minister's accusation he had never really tried to find out the facts. Not once, he said, had the CCF leader ever tried to see him or in- form him of the incidents in ques- tion. That was a mistake on Mr. Mac- Donald's part, for Mr. Foote has long had a reputation here of being very approachable, by government Would Use Old Library For Public Conveniences Editor, Times-Gazetle Dear Sir May I he allowed to take the space in this most valuable means The advantage of precious of contact, and to stir up a little ih beautiful gressive city of ours, In which I am proud to belong to. Many of our older residents will remember one of our late city fathers, who was a very strong advocate of the beau tification of our creek valley, which is gradually coming to pass Well, there is one more pet project of this worthy gentleman, which is very urgently needed, and should not he delayed any longer and that is the installation of public con veniences, which is very sorely needed in a progressive city of this size and population 1 understand, but T stand to be corrected, if otherwise, that this old library building of ours was donated for the benefit of the citi zens of this community. Now tha it has become absolete, through the generosity of Col. R. § Me Laughlin of this most modern structure of a library, more fo meet the needs of this growing population of ours. We now should put this old and substantial huild ing to a useful purpose, and which could serve no better purpose than terest in this and pro heretofore mentjoned as a public convenience The interior of this building could he thoroughly cleaned and modern with and plumbing Installed, also public hath ized adequate modern facilities, of which there are none the old YMCA The of this hullding eould third floor con never since upper part be divided and a tinued fully across, which would pravide two floors of offices, which would readily rent and hing In enough income ta provide rorvice and give emploviment to al least two pensgioiera anil ee Li the good heealdes will tua Fhinnk Hit "Old me Header anid Taspaye Tantting "ie Trusting vou Spank Th your valuahle paper BREATH BNEAD PANAMA (AF) Young Arnal Palmer of Lalruhe, Fa heated veteran Bam Bnead of While Haul phur W. Va, to win the 87.500 Panna Open golf tourna ment In a sudden death playoff af Palmer 74-hole Identical Bprinips, fer six exten holeg Sunday finished the with and Bnead play flve under par tatirnament 213 MAC'S MUSINGS It is daily becoming More and more difficult To understand why two Groups of people whose Interests are very much In common should have Tried with success in Nearly four months of Negotiation to resolve The differences which Produced the GM strike. On the one hand, the Company has to depend On the production of Motor vehicles to earn Profits on its investment, By which alone it. can Continue the operation Of its plants in Canada, And it can only produce These cars when its Plants are kept busy. On the other hand, the General Motors workers, Have to depend on the Production of automobiles And other motor vehicles To produce employment In order to earn wages To maintain themselves And their f es These twe sets of facts Are encontrovertable, So it is difficult for Those on the outside To understand why even After four months of strike, The two parties have not Yet found a way out Of the impasse which Is costing both of them Huge sums of money. No strike is ever settled Without both sides Making some compromise, And to the outsiders it Seems the time is long past For sitting down to decide In serious negotiations What compromises each Can make in order that Production of motor vehicles Can again be started. 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One of the subjects submitted to it was that of the possibility of Osh- wa having a board of control as well as a city council, in order to streamline municipal govern- ment. Nothing came out of this committee of a tangible nature, but recently we were bold' enough to suggest that a committee of council take another look at this board of control idea. We have been studying the On- tario Municipal Act to find out what it says about boards of con- trol, and we find that Oshawa could now, with the consent of the electors, have such a body. The act, in Section 217, provides that a city of a population of over 45,000 and less than 100,000, may, with the assent of the electors, have a by-law passed providing that there shall be a board of control con- sisting of the mayor and four con- trollers to be elected by general vote. Once this bylaw is pa sed, it cannot be repealed until five elec- OTTAWA REPORT All Is Harmony tions have been held under it, and then only on another vote of the electors, after that, a vote for re- peal can be held in any year, pro- viding the vote is held not later than November 1. For cites of the size of Oshawa, salaries not ex- ceeding $1,500 a year can be pro- vided. The mayoi is automatically chairman of the board, with a vice- chairman to act in his absence. Should a vacancy occur in the course of a year, the city council is empowered to fill this vacancy. DUTIES OF BOARD These are the general provi- sions for setting up a board of control, as they would apply to Oshawa, which has more than the requisite population for this purpose. The Act also -sets forth clearly the duties of a board of control. Space does not permit cit- ing them all in detail, but the fol lowing is a sufficient summary. The board shall prepare the an- nual estimates and submit them to the city council for considera- tion, The board shall prepare specifi- cations for and award all con- tracts, and call for all tenders for On Opening Day By PAT NICHOLSON Special Correspondent To The Daily Times-Gazetle OTTAWA: The reopening of Par- liament has brought activity, in- terest, many old friends and some new faces to Parliament Hil] Sen- atcrs and MPs alike always heart- ily welcome both political ally and political foe when they reassemble here, for personal friendships cross party lines. Among the handshakes and the jostle of opening day and the first working day, I noticed many po- litical stars right back there in the limelight. Paul Martin was receiving much praise to his face and even more ort of his hearing, for his triumph at the United Nations. "Will he succeed Dag Hammerskjold 'as sec retary-general of the United Na- tions next year?" wondered Guelph's Henry Hosking, one of his many great admirers. Henry bases this on his discov- ery, during his recent European tour, that the name of Martin is ace-high over-there. This suggest- ion, new to meé, makes sense. And it carries weight, for Henry thinks before he speaks, and is not prone to wild statements dropped lightly. Port Arthur's distinguished Trade Minister Howe smiled as he chat- ted, with Muriel Hosking. He looks today as fit anl young as I re- member him looking seven years ago, holidaying in carefree mood in the Bahamas. Vancouver's Jack MacDougall, smiling at the ever-open door of his office beside the cafeteria, was more than somewhat upset by a new Liberal record. For the first time in the history of federal and provincial politics in British Colum- bia there had been no Liberal can- didate in an election: that was the py-election in Vancouver Centre, won by the Social Crediters. POWER AND GLORY Quebec City's Chubby Power no longer sat in his accustomed seat of honor, immediately to the right of the Speaker of the House of Commons. Old time Liberalism's leading defender has folded his tents and moved away -- to the Senate. But the name of that re- doubtable ex-cabinet minister re- mains in the Commons, repre- sented by his son Frank. This father-son parliamentary combina- tion is already referred to as The Power and the Glory. Oshawa's Mike Starr was wor- t'ed by the hardship to families and to business by the post-Christmas shortage of spending money in his riding, now beginning to feel the pinch of the prolonged General Motors strike. Vancouver's Harold Winch, fire- brand of the CCF, was missed, He is in hospital with a broken leg. But his party will not be silent in the Commons; for there, ready, willing and as sineere and able as ever, is Winnipeg's Stanley Knowles, who will approach every subject with an open mouth. Vancouver Island's General George Pearkes, the outstanding military expert of the Conservat- ive party--perhaps even of Parlia- ment--seemed happy that the new army chief, General Graham, is now advocating what George him- self has so long urged: that the aimy force intended for the de- fence of Canada should be fully airborne. CANADIAN BUTTERFINGERS That doughty little fighter from Quebec City, Wilfrid Dufresne, was in there early, tossing at Trade Minister Howe and Agricul- ture Minister Gardiner, a particu- larly hot potato in the form of our subsidised butter sales to Commu- nist countries. John Diefenbaker was modestly shrugging of his forensic triumph before the Supreme Court in the Cathro murder case, when he won a thrilling decision establishing a new precedent in Canadian ecrim- inal law. As a result of this Diefen- baker-made law, the condemned man will have a new trial in Van- couver, commencing on 23rd of this month. His brilliant defending counsel will be--John Diefenbaker. Vancouver will have an opportun- ity of watching Canada's outstand- iry bar star in full shine. Olive Diefenbaker was a model of Prince Albert's restrained ele- gance, bless her smiling face, among the throng of socially-am- bitious Ottawa women whose de- cor at Farliament's opening is often neither restrained nor ele- gant. Finally, Temiskaming's Ann Shipley amply filled the wish of a constituent. Before her fine open- ing of the debate on the throne speech, Ann had received a tele- gram wishing her "An easy deliv- cry Ann's brilliant performance in that honored but nerve-straining labor did not surprise her admir- crs, who knew that she had it in her. ¢ Oshawa is concerned, elvie work, and report to the coun. cil at its next meeting. The board is required to inspect and report to council monthly or more often upon all municipal works being carried on or in pro- gress. It shall nominate to the council all heads of departments or sub- departments as vacancies occur, and can dismiss or suspend all heads of departments and report to council. This does not apply to subordinate members of the fire and assessment departments, or to members of boards to which the council appoints representatives, r members of the court of revi. on. COUNCIL'S RIGHTS The estimates submitted by the board shall be binding, except on a two-thirds vote of city council. When opening tenders,' heads of departments involved will be pre- sent at board meetings, and.may take part, council cannot vary ten- ders or contract awards except by a two-thirds vote. No appointments can be made without board of control nomina- tions, and no suspended or dismiss. ed official can be reinstated with- out a two-thirds vote of council. The board of control may sub- mit bylaws to the council. It may also amalgamate departments or sub-departments. The council may refer matters to the board of control, may de- mand board minutes, may refer matters back to it for re-considera- tion, but may reverse decisions on a recorded vote only, by a two- thirds vote of the council. WOULD IT WORK HERE These aré the terms set out in the municipal Act for the opera tion of a board of control in a city between 45,000 and 100,000 in population. The question, so far as is the ex- tent to which it would expedite and : imprové civic business to have a board of control glected here. Would it promote efficiency to have a board of five with the du- ties outlined above, dealing with the details of such matters and reporting to council? Naturally, this would cut down drastically the work of the aldermen, but we have an idea that it would expedite business to have this smaller exe- cutive body sift out the details be- fore bringing matters before the larger body of aldermen. It can be argued that it would lessen the power of council, and this is true, but this power would simply be transferred to a smaller group of representatives elected by the peo- ple at a higher level. Final decision in the matter would, of course, rest. with the electors who would have to vote on a bylaw to establish a board of control. It might, however, be ad- vantageous to have -~»-ther com- mittee of council study its possi- bilities in view of the continuing growth of Oshawa, and with a view to deciding whether to have it voted on by the electors. Since this is a matter of vital interest to our citizens, we invite our readers to write us, giving their views on the advantages--or disadvantages of having a board of control for Oshawa. BYGONE DAYS 20 YEARS AGO Jack Powell, Whitby, appeared on Major Bowes' amateur pro- yam in New York City In a tap dancing routine. Dr. B. A. Brown, re-elected to the board of education by acclama- tion, was appointed chairman of tbe board. T. C. Glaspell, who retired as superintendent of Zion Sunday School after 13 years, was pre- sented with a ring by the school At a special meeting of Pental- rha Chapter, No. 23, GRC, known as "Old Timers Night", 25-year jewels were presented to Rt. Ex- cellent Companion J. F. Grierson and Excellent Companion E. W. Drew. Rt. Excellent W. Y. Mills, Kingston, made the presentation. J. C. Anderson was elected presi- dent of Ontarie County Law Asso- ciation, which marked its 50th an. niversary. Lord Greenwood, na tive of Whitby, was a chartet member. WHY WAIT FOR SPRING » Why leave a skilled workman Idle In the seasonal lull, when he is ready and eager to serve you, and then try to hire him during the busy summer months when he just hasn't got time to do the job you want done? YOU, as a BUSINESSMAN or HOUSEHOLDER will be acting in your own best interests (and at the same fime be helping your community) if you get your repairs, maintenance, remodeling, interior decoration and cleanup, done now---during the winter months, when skilled workmen are unemployed and waiting to serve you, HOME IMPROVEMENTS NOW FACILITATED by home improvement loans under the National Housing Ao available through your Bank. YOUR NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT SERVICE Local Office is ready to give advice and assistance in obtaining the services you need. Issued by authority of the Minister of Labour, Canada