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TIMES-GAZETTE TELEPHONE NUMBERS Classified \dvertising .. RA 3-3492 ... RA 3-3474 All other calls ror Le Sg Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle THE DAILY TIMES-GAZE wn TT WEATHER REPORT Sunny, cloudy intervals today and Wednesday. Winds light. Authorized As Second Class Mall Post Office Department, Ottawe OSHAWA-WHITBY, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1957 Price Not $ Cents Per Over Copy TWENTY-FOUR PAGES THERE WERE SCENES OF Joy and of dis- appointment, too -- in the news room of The Times- Gazette Monday night as can- didates received the results of Monday's municipal election Top left, Mayor John Naylor greets his successor, Alder- man Lyman A. Gifford, on right, who was elected mayor for 1957-58. Alderman Chris- tine Thomas, who headed the aldermanic race is greeted GIFFORD ELECTED MAY( THOMAS LEADS COUNCI by her husband who knows something about winning elec- tions himself He is T. D. 'ONTARIO ELECTIONS PC Policies Blamed For Car Layoffs TORONTO (CP)--Local 522 of t the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (CLC) says government buying policies are responsible for the layoff of Canadian locomotive workers. The union made public Monday the text of a brief presented by the iocal's legislative committee to Transport Minister Hees in Ot- tawa Nov, 25. The brief contended that orders for American - produced diesel] i locomotives by the government-| owned Canadian National Rail ways caused the layoff of work- ers at Canadian Locomotive Company, Kingston. The brief cited statistics show- ig the manufacturer of diesel units ordered by the CI since May, 1949. It showed 590 from' General Motors of London (all since Sep- tember, 1952). 409 from Montreal Locomotive, 127 from American firms ana 113 from Canadian Locomotive, 3¢ VR "Tommy" Thomas, CCF member of the Ontario legis- lature for Oshawa riding. They are in picture right. --Times-Gazette Photos London Voters Object |. Starr Asks Board |GM Workers: TO Secret Meetings To Settle MONTREAL (CP)--A federal edo board is to be ap-| 5 ia ways and 15 unions represent 130,000 non - operating rail em- for a conciliation produ was made Monday by the|fication" for their demands. anions' negotiating committee in| a telegram to Labor Minister Btarr in Ottawa. Frank Hall of Montreal, chair- man of the union committee, said ialks with "railway representa- lives were "completely sterile." The negotiations opened last to try to settle a wage/ 'between Canadian ie RE ing|D. I. McNeill ; ofthe CPR, Liss presdouiulin sonnel, said Strike | specifically with running trains-- is $1.63 an hour. | The railwdy statement, ound) W. T. Wilson of the CNR and charge Sf per _ unions failed to) ce "rationalization of Justi-| A labor department spokesman | in Ottawa, commenting on the union request for conciliation, said the board will be set up "'in the usual way." Normally, each side nominates one member and an outside chairman is appointed. Voters in London, Ont., have| demonstrated an aversion to sec-| baseball player, was elected per - cent approvil was needed mayor, and the majorities were only 58.4 | ELECTION 'RETURNS Following are the complete election results of successful candidates as released this morning by Returning Officer City Clerk L. Roy Barrand. Complete unofficial tabula- tions of all election results, as compiled by the staff of The Daily Times, are published on Pages 18 and 19. MAYORALTY Ald. Lyman A. Gifford CITY COUNCIL Ald. Christine Thomas Ald. Walter R. Branch Ald. Norman Down Ernest Marks, QC Edgar F. Bastedo, QC Ald. John G. Brady Ald. Albert V, Walker Ald, R. Cecil Bint A. Hayward Murdoch A. Graham Coulter Ald. John W. Dyer Finley M. Dafoe 5807 6637 6310 6283 6232 6179 6004 5496 5370 4928 4808 4595 4583 BOARD OF EDUCATION Stephen G. Saywell Mrs. Annie Lee George K. Drynan George A. Fletcher Frederick Britten Mortimer Brown William T. Werry 6598 5335 4918 4526 1118 3808 J761 SEPARATE SCHOOLS Frank Meagher John J. Kelly Rev. Felix Kwiatkowski Mrs, Winona W. Clarke Joseph Riordan James B. Toppings Dermot Conway PUBLIC UTILITIES Henry F. Baldwin Roy J. Fleming 1054 987 891 880 768 694 638 TI24 6982 TWO-YEAR COUNCIL TERM Yes Neo 6968 4237 419 PC Vote In Election Lyman A. Gifford is Oshawa's new mayor. | The colorful and outspoken 54-year-old veter- an of the political wars coasted to a comparatively | easy victory over twc formidable foes in Monday's mayoralty race. Gifford, concluding. four consecutive terms as alderman, the last, two of which saw him lead the polls, scored the most impressive win of his uphill political career when he rolled home with a whop- ping 5,807 votes, compared to 8,586 for Walter Lane and 2,214 for Gordon Attersley. RESULT CERTAIN There was never any doubt Oshawa Board of Education what the result would be follow- elected at the polls Monday in- ing the first returns at 7.10 p.m, clude two of the retiring mem- from Poll No. 36 which gave Gif-|{bers of the 1957 board, a former ford a 10-vote lead. From then on|member of the board and four he was never headed, and he/men with no previous experience added gradually to his lead. His|as members of the board. election was almost a certainty! S. G. Saywell, 2 former chair- by 10.35 p.m. when he had 3500| man, topped the poll with 6,59¢ votes as compared to 2117 for|vVotes. He was followed by Mrs. Lane and 1315 for Attersley. {Clayton Lee, completing her first Gifford's election was the high-|term on the board, with 5335.. In [light of a municipal vote onc nan place was George K. Dry- G saw Alderman Christine Thomas|han with 4918. He was followed head the aldermanic race with|by George Fletcher, a former 6,637 votes as compared with 6,310 member, with 4,526. The other votes for Walter Branch, winning| members elected were: Fred his second bid in this section. Bitten, SH : Mortimer Brown, : an am Werry, 3,761, ELECTION HIGHLIGHTS William Minett, in eighth place Here are some of the other was only 13 votes behind Mr. (highlights: |Werry, The votes of the other 1. The popular vote was 41.9 |defeated candidates were: Mur- per cent as compared with [ray Sparkes, 3287; George Tonks, 37.39 per cent in 1956, a total |3096; Mrs. M. Shaw, 2562 and M. of 27,775 being eligible to |Maidlow, 2042. SEPARATE SCHOOL BOARD Frank Meagher headed ths poll for the hool vote. 2. The plebiscite for a two- year term for city council was carried by 6,968 votes to 4193. (This two-year term does not become effective un- ret council meetings by electing Back On ] ob |J. Allan Johnston as mayor over Wednesday All Gepartmients of the Oshawa plants of General Motors of Can-| ada will return to normal work- ing schedule Wednesday. '~ Larry Gough, director of pub-| lic relations for General Motors| of Canada Ltd. made this an- nouncement today, whih asked| if there had been any change in the company's decision to shut down for two days only. of political tec tn Lond: | il on the annexation of ad- jacent territory. incumbent Ray A. Dennis. In one of d4 elections held 1 it s by oi} city The 53-year-old former alder- man, mayor and member of the Ontario legislature collected 10,- 435 votes, This was twice the| total of both his opponents, Mr.! Dennis and William J. Stone, who had contended secret meetings were necessary. Elections were also held in BY FORMER MAYOR Galt's four - man mayoralty race was won by A. W. A, White, a former mayor and defeated Liberal candidate for Parlisment the June chious... wis vabated by CAnder- , who (was elected + 8+ sive Conservative MP for Water- 100 South in the federal election. In Kitchener, where Mayor F. L. Dreger retired, the office was taken by Dr. S. F. Leavine in competition with Joseph Mein- |zinger. Both candidates were for- Councils were elected. mer mayors, aldermen this year! and former members of the On- tario legislature. Voters also ap- per cent and 56.4 per cent. A liquor plebiscite in adjoining Waterloo Township also was de- feated. In Woodstock, where Mayor C. Ee tii the 1959 council takes office.) 3. Seven members of the 1957 coumeil were reelected, Thom Br _ Down, 4. Two former House Warned M. T: ! | BL . ) Sig eerie ve About Gov't r a municipally-opérated' bus stem, Sault Ste. Marie's, ter Harry also vi By Newspaper acclaimed and only a council was elected. | OTTAWA (CP)--John B. Ham- ae rn #58 Sarvs, 4 on sav that "government cumbents have two-year terms. | DeWspaper" could result from permitting Commons debate on The township of Tarentorus, adjacent to Sault Ste. Marie, voted for amalgamation with the mobile industry, Mr. Hamilton, parliamentary current layoffs in Canada's auto- trend in the alder Iwas given when the first six polls aldermen, Hayward Murdoch and Fin- ley Dafoe, were returned. 5. Three newcomers were successful in their first coun- | eil bid, Ernest Marks, QC, | Edgar F. Bastedo, QC, and | Graham Coulter. | An early indication of Lloyd Logan, 517; L. Both retiring members of the public utilities commission were re-elected for two - year terms. Henry Baldwin toppped the poll with 7737 votes with Roy Flem- ing second with 6982. Fred Pop the(ham, who was running for the nic race|first time, polled 3605 votes. Gifford topped the poll in each of the wards and his total of 5,804 %. Haghes. 41 fl ow ronciliati IY 1 o a + : aera roved daylight ving time for|ecity, : 4 x + i i vi Wednesday. A conciliation board. can only It was implicit in the original more than 100 towns, townships p y.ght 'saving time for city. assistant for immigration, spoke | Monday was in comparison with In a statement, the railways said they made a "'strong plea" | 0 have the union demands with- frawn and the present contract extended until December, 1958, The request was made "in the ight of drastically declining rail- way traffic and revenues and of general economic conditions." The unions are seeking wage mcreases amounting to 35 cents mn hour, establishment of sever- mce pay, improved paid vaca- dons, an eighth statutory holiday ind increased company contri- sutions to a health-welfare plan. ESTIMATE COST Value of the various demands tas been estimated by the two main railways involved -- the CPR and CNR -- at an extra $128,000,000 a year. They say the inion proposals are the equiva- ent on a 47-cent increase in wurly wages. Average wage for non-operat- ing workers--those not concerned' PC's De On Car-Tax Question OTTAWA (CP) = The govern-| ment's plans "one or two' tax shanges this session but a whole day's taunting and questioning by the Commons opposition failed to] aring out whether Shey include a :ut in the 10-per-cent 'excise tax sn new cars. However, Prime Minister Dief- snbaker hinted Mohday that in- some tax may be involved but said the changes will not be pre- sented in a forntal budget "Insofar as changes in the in- some taxes arc concerned, those shanges could be made by no- * he said, quoting preced- ents for such a procedure under past Liberal governments. His announcement sparked pro- tests by opposition parties, which asked the government for a bud- getary statement that would give the country a statement on the state of the economy. Later, om a bid by Paul Martin L--FEssex East), the Commons geld an emergency debate on the question of lavoffs involving more than 16,000 workers in the automobile industry Mr. Martin said the "stagna- tion" in auto sales, forcing slow- downs in production, was caused by the government not giving an early statement on whether it plans to -educe the excise tax on "ars GOVERNMENT SILENT Published reports last said the tax is to be cut by half but the government has been kK make recommendations. Its de cision are not binding on either side. Us. Agents Shot Alta Youth Held HIGH PRAIRIE, Alta. (CP)-- Two special agents for the United States Air Force are in hospital here suffering from rifle wounds received whiie driving along the Alaska Highway Sunday, en postings in the United States. Sydney Grahn, 32, of Malden, Mass., and Ray Burkey, 41, of Newburg, N.Y., are reported in good condition though suffering from loss of blood, hospital offi- cials said. Grahn was wounded in the thigh and "Burkey in the arm: Both are air force investigators with classified ranks. cline C tight-lipped about its intentions. To Mr. Martin's request for a statement of policy on the matter, Mr. Diefenbaker said he cannot disclose secret tax plans until it is time to announce them. Mr. Martin, as a former Liberal cabinet minister, knew that. He said Mr. Martin's motion to adjourn the normal business of the house--private members' re: solutions--for a special debate on auto industry layoffs was "a sub- terfuge" to obtain indirectly in- formation that the Commons could not obtain directly. Mr. Diefenbaker was asked to withdraw his charge of "subter- fuge" but Speaker Roland Mich- ener said the term is not un- parliamentary. "He (Mr. Diefenbaker) is a master of it (subterfuge) him self," interjected James Sinclair (L--Coast Capilano) In the ensuing wrangle, all three opposition parties lined up in favor of .the emergency de bate. The government rued against it, saying it would inevit ably lead to debate on tax police. ies. ALLOWS DEBATE Speaker Michener allowed the debate, warning that it could pro- ceed so long as tax policies were not touched upon. Mr. Martin then launched the debate, which was interspersed with miscellaneous points of or der, and spoke of unemployment pas statement that we would return and villages, but it was one of to regular production on Wednes- the lightest elections days in re- day," Mr. Gough told the Times- cent years. Ontario communities! Gazette. "There has been "no word to the contrary, so all de- partments will be back tomor- row." Mr. Gough said as yet the company had nothing to say re- garding the statement by Rev- enue Minister Nowlan, Monday, to the effect that if any tax cut ofi new automobiles was made it Mr. Nowlan said the reduction in price from any tax-cut would be passed on to the dealers, and would apply to any cars they had in stock at the time, should such a reduction be made, "We are shipping our cars out normally, as of today," Mr {Gough _ said. Tuesday. "We are |eonducting our business mbrmal- ly," he added. omment 4 would not affect dealers adverse Yar route from an Alaska base to new ly usually favor the. first Monday in December for their municipal elections. TO VOTE LATER Other elections are scheduled later this month and in early January. Nine cities with two- year terms -- Brantford, Corn- wall, Hamilton, Toronto, Kings- ton, Ottawa, Windsor, St. Thomas and Sudbury--will not vote this Another mayor was turned oul of office in Chatham. Garnet Newkirk won every poll but the a him in 1954. Chatham also voted 3,173 to 1,- Bridge also won an eighth term. delivery rate to 35 cents from 30. 022 in favor of continuing to sub. sidize the city's privately-ownedias mayor. Waterloo voters also the generally accepted belief in bus line In Guelph, 27-year-old David E (Ted) Hastings, a lawyer and lounges and cocktail bars. Sixty-in most metropolitan centres.' in the auto industry. For a time he skilfully avoided mentioning the words 'excise tax on auto- mobiles." But post. master-General Will- iam Hamilton finally trapped him with the question: "What mat. ter?" Mr. Martin replied "The excise tax on automobiles." That did it. Another point of order was raised. The mere men- Mion of the words, argued Justice Minister Davie Fulton, was ample evidence that the whole debate could not continue on such narrow grounds as unem-| ployment in the auto industry. Not so, Speaker Michener said. It was not improper to mention the I debate, or urge that there be changes. "NATIONAL MATTER" Mr. Martin said the situation, because it affects dealers across the country and suppliers of mat- erials to the car industry, is a national matter He referred to a speech Diefenbaker made iw during the election campaign and quoted the prime minister 'as saying that if he was elected to power a session would be called lin September to take steps to remedy the situation. The pre sent session started Oct. 14 At the time, Mr tin said 7,000 auto workers w without jobs the number would be larger, following layoffs last week and this week by the big automobile manufacturers. Mr Windsor The seven candidates return- | ed for the board of education | pose following announcement of tneir election Monday night. | They are, front row left to | a summer months. Dairy farmer Lyman A. Gif- ford was elected mayor of Oshawa, a post vacated by John Naylor, who retired as mayor af- ter being beaten as a CCF can- didate in the federal election, John 'A. Dewart received a fourth term as Peterborough's mayor by a landslide. He polled 6,251 votes, more than the com- bined total of his three oppon- ents, CHOOSE HEATING MAN Belleville elected Gerald B Hyde, a plumbing and heating businessman, as mayor. Hawkins set a record by being! dvance one to oust incumbent acclaimed for an eighth straight |five cents since April, 1952. Be- Archie Sterling, who had beaten/term. In adjoining Stamford|fore that it was three cents. Last Township 84-year-old Arthur C.| Waterloo elected Harold Paikin! gave permit inadequate majorities to the opening of dining| Toronto Star (Monday in opposing a Commons attempt by Paul Martin(L--Es.| sex East) to open an emergency TIMES BRINGS VOTE RESULTS his aldermanic totals of 6,467 in 1955 and 5,884 in 1956. Mrs. Thomas received 5,611 votes in 1956 |is made necessary by In Niagara Falls Mayor Ernest mounting production costs. debate on the layoffs, | | E. H. Walker, General Motors president, said Friday that his firm's decision was based on public uncertainty created by press reports about the auto ex- cise tax. Speaker Roland Michener later allowed the debate to take place. Before that decision was made, Mr. Hamilton argued that Mr.| Martin was trying indirectly tol discuss the excise tax situation. | If the debat ewas allowed, he| said, "are we not leaving our- selves in the position in the fu- ture that if at any time any| group of people wish to receive| information from the govern: ment or to place the government | in a defensive position, all they ( have to do is to inspire an ar-| the newspaper industry that the|ticle in the press and then we 10-cent price will soon be general will have government by news. paper? Doubles Price TORONTO (CP)--The Star an- nounced today its street-sale price will be doubled to 10 cents from five cents, effective Mon- day, Dec. 9. The rate for home delivery will be increased to 55 cents a week from 35 cents at the same time. The Star said the higher price steadily Cost of a single issue has been April The Star raised its home The Star story says: "It is now Gifford tallied 531 votes in the Southwest Ward as compared to 419 for Lane and 196 for Atters- ley. In Cedardale his total was 382 (o 220 for Lane and 155 for During the many years The Daily Times - Gazette has | compiled the results of mu- | nicipal, provincial and federal | elections for the convenience of residents of the district it [Attersley. has always been the aim of (HIS GREATEST THRILL the management to be fair | Qghawa's new mayor-elect de- and impartial. In this it has |serihed Monday's victory as "the been highly successful. | greatest thrill of my political-ife However. in the rush of pre- to date" and said his three main paring the results of yester- objectives when he takes office 'day's municipal election for |will be: (1 JA new home for the broadcast purposes, members |aged; (2) appointment of a com- of the staff inadvertently |mittee to study the possibilities overlooked the results of the (of a new arena and community contest for. the Oshawa Sep- [centre in the near future; (3) a arate Schoo! Board. A con- (plan for attracting new industry tributing factor was the fact [to Oshawa. . that the contest was being Gifford is a descendant of & heid in conjunction with the pioneer United Empire Loyalist municipal election for the |family which came from Vermont first time. ito the Eastern Township. His The Times-Gazette manage. |grandfather settled north of Osh- ment tenders its apologies to |awa in 1831 and later the family the many separate school sup- |moved to a homestead in East porters who waited in vain for | Whitby Township where Oshawa's the broadcast results of their new mayor-elect was born one election, They may rest assur- [of five sons of the late Hiram E. ed that no slight was intended. Gifford, a stalwart Liberal and | warden of Ortario County in 1914, {Lyman attended the old Cedar- BOARD OF EDUCATION CANDIDATES rigiut, Stephen G. Saywell, Mrs. | Fletcher. Mortimer Brown and Annie Lee and George K. Dry- | Willam >I Werry. Mr Werry nan. Back row, left right, | tallied 3,761 votes, Frederick Britten, George A. | seventh. He .was three votes to | ahead of William to win the | IL {were in. The nine top aldermen gale public school and completed retained their positions through-|his education in Oshawa. Always jout, but a keen fight was waged interested in farming he turned [for the last three positions and his interests to the agricultural {there was much shuffling about| field where he has achieved many in this group. {hind Mr. A CLOSE RACE S. T. Hopkins, making his firs run as an aldermanic candidate, {was in 13th place, 166 votes be- Dafoe, who won the 112th seat on council. | outstanding results. He joined the iOntario Regiment (Tank) in 1929 ¢ and was called to active service in 1939. He received his discharge from the army in 1943 after at- |taining the rank of captain. Gifford is married and has one daughter. He lives with his wife The votes given the other de-|\on the Gifford farm northeast of Minett Saywell headed education poll the hoard Mr. of --Times-Gazetle picture {feated candidates were: Cephas ipo Oshawa Harbor where he is EB pa: ener, wit csaged in commercial beef cat- ,865; James Lovell, 3,767: -tle breeding. liam Ridgely, 3,3%; Michael Tm yor-elect suffered hig Jacula, 3,529: William Harmer, biggest political reverse to date 2,992; Clifford Stork, 2,774; John | when he was defeated as a Lib- Black, 2,483; John Stezik, 1,451, eral candidate in the 1948 Fed- and Carl Olsen, 1,369. eral by-election. | The seven members of the Girl, 14, Strangled WERRY WINS | Youth Confesses 'SEVENTH SEAT | CHICAGO (AR) -- The frozen, According to final election [beaten body of a 14-year-old girl results, tabulated by Rqturn- was found Monday night in the ing Officer City Clerk L. Roy lice and mud of a shallow pond ¥ Barrand this morning, W. T. land police said a 17-year-old Weérry has won the seventh [youth admitted he strangled and open seat on the Oshawa |beat her after she resisted his Board of Education hy three advances. votes over William Minett. The girl, Mary Lou Wagner, a The official number of votes {pretty high school freshman, had for both candidates is William |heen missing from her north side T. Werry 3761 and William {home since Friday night. Minett 3758 to The Daily | Police said Robert Max Fleig, In a state ment to "he Daly employed at his father's bakery, Times this morning Mr. Min- admitted" the slaying as he was ett did nol give a final de- i ne : " 11 |about to take a lie detector test. cision on whether he will [9%% ; . aad Wp 1 BAK « : » Capt. James Hackett said Fleig seek a recount. "T will talk ' Re bpp with City Clerk Barrand and |led him and other J Sicemen to then make mv decision." he [the girl s body at the pond near said. | Glenview naval air station, about - 10 miles from the girl's hojpe. |