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Unofficial reports in the capital said the new agreement will cover a three-year period like the 74 THE OSHAWA TIMES, Tuesday, February 16, 1960 Trade Agreement Bus Crash {Rand Commission On Coal Election U.K. Lab BY M. McINTYRE HOOD Special to The Oshawa Times LONDON -- Election of F, L. Haxtell, 46-year-old Communist as secretary of the Electorical Trades Union, and the manner of his election, has sparked off a . {row which will have its repercus- sions in the highest trade union circles. Mr. Haxtell was elected £ by a majority of 1034 votes over WAITING FOR FOOD Refugee children wait for | Arabs. The United Nations, in food at an emergency feeding | an effort to call attention to station established by the gov- | the problem and in hope of ernment at Lavrion, Greece. | solving much of it, has spon- These children, Greek refugees | sored World Refugee Year, from Romania, are typical of | which ends in June. The Cana- millions of refugees around the | dian government has agreed to world. An estimated 20,000 live | sponsor 100 tuberculosis refu- in 100 European refugee camps. | gees and their families from Another 100,000 are outside the camps; there are 1,000,000 Chinese refugees in Hong Kong and another million displaced not normally be permitted en- try into Canada ~ Oral Quiz Period | Ahead For House TORONTO (CP)--The rules of|which were given second reading | the Ontario legislature may be Monday | "modernized" to permit a regu-| | lar period of oral questions by CHARGES INEFFICIENCY members of the opposition, Pre-| Mr. MacDonald charged the mier Frost said Monday. |government with drafting a bill The change of rules might be to make the energy board as 'in- patterned 'after the House of effective as the Ontario Fuel | Commons in London, which per-| Board, which it is to replace. | mits members to ask questions] The government has been fol-| for a brief period each day with- [lowing a basic rate formula of out having to place them on the historical cost less depreciation| order paper. {in establishing fuel rates since! The matter arose in. the tegis-| 319: It has intimated it wants to| lature Monda | wait until some experience is Singer (L -- y when vernon: ered by the proposed energy York Centre) re-| A quested that he be allowed to ask |Poard before establishing a na- a question of Attorney-General | tural gas rate formula base. Roberts. The question was The department of energy has whether the government contem.|21S0 been negligent in allowing plated taking any action against|the consumer cost of natural gas the Toronto Telegram and the|iD Ontario to rise above that sold Toronto Globe and Mail for pub- [in United States by subsidiaries] lishing liquor advertisements |of Canadian companies, Mr. Mac-| Mr. Singer said the advertise. Donald said ments are illegal : | In Sarnia, commercial gas sells under provi-|, "ooo 5 ; sions of the Liquor Control Act |fO! $469.69 for 500,000 cubic feet of Ontario QUERY RULED OUT $355.25, he said. The question was ruled not| ho NAR permissible by Speaker William|EXPLAINS REASON Murdoch before the House sat.| The prices cannot be equated, When challenged by Liberal | Energy Resources Minister Mac- Leader John Wintermeyer, Mr. |aulay said, because of the basic Murdoch said the question would |load factor. Rates are cheaper have to be placed on the order where more gas is So, He ad- paper ded, however, that both bills are Only questions considered to be(t0 De studied by the legislature's urgent to the public are per standing somite on Snerey mitted to be asked orally in the(and the acts could be amenced. House. Other questions must be| The energy act, which contains placed on the order paper to be regulations, definitions and pro- answered or not answered as the|Visions for inspection of energy government sees fit. |operations, was called a "gas and fA : : il bill" by Mr, Wintermeyer, This is a change in the pro- ol rd ay 3 ' cedure of the House I personally | Who said it omitted Ontario Hy- don't like Mr. Wintermeyer|2'2 2d Muclesr energy, Wood said. The legality of an oral ques-| . * a tion is at the discretion of the|Pine) said the bill should "co Speaker |ordinate all sources of energy in ine the province." He said the "We might look at modernizing rth to a fair consumer cost the rules," Premier Frost said. is a public distribution system for He added that he and Mr. Winter- natural gas, similar to Hydro. mever could discuss the matter The government has delibera- goth the Speaker and -decide on (ely avoided including hydro in uture policy. [the bill so as not to interfere In the debate of two bills re-| with the traditional relationchips specting energy, both Mr. Win- between Ontario Hydro and the termeyer and CCF Leader Don- municipalities, Mr. Frost said. | ald C. MacDonald said the gov-| In that event, said Farquhar ernment measures were 'vague' Oliver (L--Grey South), the gov- in phraseology and failed to out- ernment should include hydro in line a rate base formula for the the bill and see to it that the sale of natural gas. The bills are traditional relationships between the Ontario Energy Board Act Hydro and the municipalities are and the Energy Act, both of maintained. Huron for the same amount is | °l Textile Union's Points Accepted QUEBEC (CP)--Rene Gosselin, president of the National Federa- tion of Textile Workers (CCCL), {work load and job eclassifica- tions." 'Mr. Gosselin said. 'What Monday on. a charge of illegal possession of $30,000 in stolen bonds his lawyers. [formation about changes in the| his anti-Communist opponent, J. T. Bryne, of Glasgow. But in the counting of tthe vote, the Communist-dominated scrutineers committee disqualified all the votes of about 100 of the union's 700 branches. It was claimed that there were breaches of elec- tion rules by these branches. Out of a total of some 250,000 members of the union, only 38,- 000 legal ballots were cast, this representing a vote of 17 per cent, 5 to 1 AGAINST The row that is boiling up is based on claims from branches which were disqualified by the serutineers' committee that their votes were overwhelmingly in fa- vor of Mr, Bryne and against Mr, Haxtell. The total vote of 27 of these disqualified branches was 2,948 for Bryne and 584 for Haxtell, a 5 to 1 margin against the man declared elected. | The official tabulation of the {votes by branches is not likely to be given out by union head- quarters for two or three months. That is not good enough for the anti-Communists who assert that Sparks or Row the election was "rigged" by the Communist committee to ensure Mr, Haxtell's election for a five- year term. WANT QUICK ACTION From the Manchester branches has come a demand that union headquarters should give all un- ion branches a detailed analysis of the vote in each branch, and particularily those disqualified. immediatley, instead of waiting for two to three months. From Manchester comes this statement. "We are making this demand, beause union members should know at once how they stand in this vital election. There must be no waiting for two or three months until things have cooled down. What caused these 100 branches to be disqualified? We have a right to know. We want to know also what action the Trades Union Congress intends to take." And that brings the matter up to the top level of trades union organization Some branches are threatening to take court action when the vetoed list is made known, to secure an injunction restraining the scrutineers' committee from cancelling the votes of 100 bran- ches. 1 it also pointed out that the decision might be challenged un- der the union rules if one-tenth of the 700 branches decided to demand a new ballot. This ques- tion is expected to be brought before some hundreds of branches within the next week or so. Mourn D BROUGHAM -- Brougham ac- tivities were cancelled last week |out of respect for the sudden |Carter. The I00OF, however, were un- in Whitevale Hall, and although the attendance was small, the following received prizes: Ladies, Mrs. B. Thompson, Mrs. Emma Reddick, Mrs. Mary Christian. ert Phillips, Ben Lotton. The Lodge Euchre will be held 2 Lawyers Dismissed By Accused TORONTO (CP) -- Samuel Morgenstern, 29, took the stand and promptly dismissed "My reason for doing it from here (the witness box) is to make eath Of Glen Carter next Friday night, and the WI |euchres will resume on Tuesday {nights. Europe. Such TB patients would (death of a well loved youth, Glen| , oonpnm vicTIM IMPROVES Robert Barton, Jr., of Clare {mont, in Scarborough General --(CP Photo) |able to cancel their weekly euchre| Hospital following the tragic ac- cident on Feb. 8, in which Glen Carter was killed, has shown some improvement in his condi- tion, doctors report. The full ex- |tent of injuries js still not known (Gentleman: Walter Booth, Rob-|until further examinations, but treatment for a broken arm, con- cussion, injuries to knees and other cuts and bruises has been given, NEIGHROBHOOD NEWS Mr. and Mrs. Donald Peters and Eileen Carter arrived in Brougham, after hours spent in airports because of = delayed flights and grounded planes, on Thursday, in time to attend the funeral of a brother, Glen Carter, on Friday. Robert Burton of Detroit, and William Burton, of Cleveland, ar- rived in Pickering to attend the funeral of their sister, Mrs. Mil- dred Hamilton, who passed away on Friday, February 12. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Hodgson are being congratulated on the arrival of a grandson last week, a son for Mr. and Mrs. Russell Hodgson, of Claremont. it official," he said. Malcolm Montgomery and John Gardner,| Morgenstern's lawyers since the trial opened seven days ago, in- dicated surprise. Morgenstern told them to send retained counsel, "and you will get paid." | Judge J. Ambrose Shea termed the action "highly irregular." "The defence is being ex- tremely well conducted and, in my opinion, you'd be well advised to continue," he said. After adjournment to recon- sider Morgenstern said he still thought he was more capable of conducting his own defence "in the final stages of this case." He alleges a friend and his bank manager conspired to use him as the middle man in a scheme to dispose of '$30,000 in "hot bonds." Mrs. M. Matthews was pleas- ed to entertain Mr. and Mrs. Gor- don Campbell and Miss Ella| Campbell, RN, on Saturday. | To celebrate a birthday last) week, Miss Esther Perry enter- tained a group of friends on Fri- of gas, while the cost in Portithe bill to his brother, who had/day night at her home. "MUSEUM" VIOLETS The African Violets, and other house plants offered for sale to swell the funds being collected for the establishment of an His- torical Museum for Pickering amounted to $19 in the short time since they were mentioned on this page. There are more in blos- som, and purchase is invited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Storry in Brougham, all the proceeds of which will be used for the Mu- seum. Some of the canvassers in the current drive for funds are re- porting kind receptions and gen- erous contributions, Witnesses In Inquest HILLSBURGH (P)--Witnesses at the inquest arising out of a school bus erash that killed four here last month said Monday Calvin Leitch, the fatally injured bus driver, never stopped at any of the three railway crossings on the bus route. Mr. Leitch did- however, slow down at the crossings, the wit- nesses said. At the fatal cross- ing, where there was a bad bump, he slowed right down, Only two of the students who were on the bus could remember crossings. Mr. Leitch, 28, of Erin, died Jan. 25, the day after the crash, of severe burns. He refused to leave the bus until everyone was out. Eleven students were in- jured and three killed. Several of the Erin district high school students said they had never before met a train at the crossing during the last 1% years. sur of the students testified that the bus slid into the train. MOVED UP Police Sgt. Edward Baker said Kareen Awrey moved from the back of the bus to the second seat from the front shortly be- fore the crash. Both girls in that seat were killed. More than 60 witnesses are ex- pected to be heard during the in- quest, which continues today. Three witnesses employed at a plant near the railway track tes- tified that the train seemed to be travelling faster than usual just before the accident. Ann Hall, 18, who got off the bus just before the crash, said she saw the bus with its brake lights on almost on the crossing. It appeared to be standing still. Musicians Balk Over Program TORONTO (CP) -- Canada's first private network coast-to- coast radio program was cut off from seven s'ations Saturday be- cause of a dispute between the stations and the American Fed- eration of Musicians (CLC). Producer Wibb Parry said he was told at first by Norman Har- ris, secretary-tdeasurer of the Toronto Musician's Association, that the 90-minute program could not be cleared to 11 of the 65 radio stations scheduled to carry it. Mr. Harris said the 11 stations had not reached agreement with the locals of the federation. Four of the stations, including CJLX Fort William, later were reinstated at the request of their musicians' locals. Prohibited from carrying the program were CKPC Brantford, CKAR Huntsville, CKBB Barrie, CFCH North Bay, CFOR Orillia, CKCK Regina, CHAR Moose Jaw. The variety show, The Spec- tacular Sixties, was heard at 1 p.m. in the different time zones across the country. Broadcast Union Council Founded OTTAWA (CP)--The Canadi With Russia Soon the driver having stopped = at|std To Hear U.S. Mines View By BRUCE LEVETT ments which are likely to « *hange TORONTO (CP)--United States|this situation." mines, which enjoy a 98 per cent| Both the Steel Company of stranglehold on the lucrative On-|/Canada at Hamilton and Algoma tario market, are due to state|Steel Corporation at Saudi: Ste. OTTAWA (CP) -- Canada ex- pects word any day now on a previous one. It is understood negotiators still are awaiting word from Moscow on the latest draft. new trade agreement with Rus- sia, it was learned Mondav night. The new pact has been under negotiation for more than a year. The previous agreement expired at the end of February, 1959. CHILEAN CAPITAL Santiago, capital of Chile, is a city of 1,600,000 people with lofty buildings and broad boulevards. their views today to the Rand|Marie said Canadian coal {is un- royal commission on coal. suitable for their needs. Th e Hy- The commission winds up its|dro-Electric Power Comur iission two-day Ontario hearings today|of Ontario said it boughé . little with a brief from the National|coal from anywhere last ye ar as Coal Association of Washington, flew hydro generators caw ie on D.C. ! ine The commission, under retired Supreme Court of Canada judge Ivan C. Rand, goes to Ottawa, then on to the Maritimes. Mon- day, the commission heard briefs from the men who import, dis- tribute and burn the coal. The province of Ontario brief ted: Canadian distributors im Can- ada of U.S. coal proteste¢| that Canadian coal should be pro- tected by federal subsidy aj /minst U.S. fuel. : Both Steleco and Algoma said they bring in their coal from mines owned all or in part I'n the United States. Stelco said "Adequate sup plies "The province has drawn ONE OF THE BEST PICTURES YOU'LL SEE THIS YEAR! 'ROOM AY THE Top LAURENCE HARVEY + SIMONE SIGNORET of Canadian coal with the re guis- ite qualities for metallun gical coke have never been within eco- nomic reach of the Ham ilton area, The Steel Company other sieel makers have | been compelled, therefore, to use coal] imported from the Ui ited States." Coal dock operators said that subsidies extended into Ox tario would permit Maritimes © coal shipped into the province by * rail, to cut them out of the mar ket. "Surely inadequate recogpd .tion has been given to the import: nce of the 85 commercial coal «lock facilities located along tha St. Lawrence River and the Caog- [dian shares of the Gnent [ales Fa around 98 per cent of its coal re- quirements from the United States. "United States coal has en- joyed a cost advantage in the Ontario fuel market and this has been a major factor enabling coal to maintain its position as the major industrial fuel. We foresee no important develop- Navigation Bill Gains Supporters WASHINGTON (CP)--A gov-| ernment-sponsored bill to govern| -- and|__ FOR YOUR LAUGHING PLEASURE "LAW and DISORDER" -- with -- MICHAEL REDGRAVE ROBERT MORLEY Loe Dny "Journey To Center of Earth"--"The Racers" ADULT ENTERTAINMENT 1 " ™ GIANT LEECHE N CLARK » YVETTE VICKERS XE JAN SHEPARD » MICHAEL EMMEY id igati n the Great Lakes THEATRE GUIDE: and St. Lawrence Seaway is(Brock -- "The Doctor's Dilg m- gaining support in Congress. | ma" 6.55 and 9.40 p.m. "1 'he The bill, favored by Canada,| Lone Texan" 8.40 p.m. Id st has been introduced in the Sen-| complete show at 8.40 p.m. ate. A spokesman now says a| similar measure will be intro- Marks -- "A Bucket of Bload" duced soon in the House of Rep-| 1.05, 3.20, 5.35, 7.50, 10.10 pum. resentatives. | "The Giant Leeches" 2.10, 4.%'5, Meanwhile, an old Lakes-Sea-| 6.40, 9.00 p.m. Last comple te way pilotage bill which Canada| show at 9.00 p.m. had vigorously opposed came up| for approval Monday before the |Plaza -- "Seven Thieves" 1.4 5, House merchant marine commi'-| 3.40, 5.35, 7.30, 9.30 p.m. La si tee. It was shelved and clerk W.| complete show at 9.15 p.m. B. Winfield said it may die in the committee. | Endodsed by the U.S. Coast| Guard, the old bill demanded] that either U.S. or Canadian ship Regent -- "A Summer Placd"" (Restricted) Shown daily 1.40, 4.00, 6.25, 8.50 p.m. Laat complete show at 8.40 p.m. ait) kek - SHOWN DAILY AT , . - 4:00 - 6:25 - 8:50 FEATURE i +4 rROMWARNER BROS. TECHNICOLOR® 2 20 24 2 20 20 a0 A FAMOUS PLAYERS THEATRE 226262626 2% pilots be employed on all foreign vessels all through the Great Lakes and seaway. The Canadian government pro- tested on the grounds that such a demand would raise shipping charges and discourage foreign trade in North American goods. After negotiations with Cana- dian authorities, the U.S. state department drafted a new bill which would let President Eisen- hower decide which parts of the seaway and Great Lakes--on the U.S. side--required the use of U.S. or Canadian ship pilots. This would be more in line with Canadian argument. Stay Of Execution For Convict Denied SAN FRANCISCO (AP)--The U.S. Court of Appeals Monday de- nied all of the motions, including a request for stay of execution, made by condemned sex crimi- nal Caryl Chessman. scheduled to die in the San Quentin gas cham- ber Feb. 19. The three-judge panel also dis- approved Chessman's motion to set aside the decision of the court's chief judge, Richard H. Chambers Feb. 8 at Tucson, Ariz. Judge Chambers had denied the convict-author a certificate of probable cause, which was asked in a move to clear the way for another appeal in his 11%-year Labor Congress Monday an- nounced establishment of a Na- tional Council of Broadcast Unions. A statement said the new coun- cil will co-ordinate activities of CLC-affiliated unions in the ra- dio, television and ' film-produc- tion industries with respect to la- por t relations. Unions included are the Cana- dian Council of Authors and Art- ists, the National Association of Paris Ambassador fight to the gas chamber. Morocco Quits RABAT. Morocco (Reuters) -- The Moreccan government is withdrawing its ambassador in Paris and cancelling the French- Moroccan diplomatic agreement of May, 1956, in protest against Saturday's French atomic bomb losion, it was d Mon- Broadcast Employees and Tech- nicians, the International Alli- ance of Theatrical Stage Employ- ees and the Canadian Wire Serv- day. The agreement provided for consultations between the two couniries on foreign policy mat- ice Guild. ters of mutual interest. Sent, and flakier and crackling crisp be- cause they're "AQUAFLAKED" a baking process exclusive fo. . . says he feels the Dominion Tex- tile Company 'has at last ac cepted the union as a partner.' He was commenting in Granby, Que ment of a bitter 19-month dispute with the company. The federation represents more than 4,000 work- ers in four Dominion textile mills, including one at Magog whose 1,- 800 workers had been on strike since Se 27. Mr. Gosselin said the new two- year -contract, based on a pro- posal by Premier Barrette, in- volves the acceptance by Domi- nion Textile of three key demands--for union security, for seniority recognition, and for con- sultation with the union about job | wage {Monday and an additional three changes and job classifications The company had fought the Job clause as an infringement on management rights BRIGHTER OUTLOOK 'They have now accepted the orinciple of giving us more in- , Monday. night on the settle- union | fie is hidden, is feared. We hope we have convinced the company to {open the door. We think this con- tract will lead to better relations with the company." The company said in a state- ment Monday it was not known when the Magog mill would re- {open but "maintenance engineers are working to restore the plant to working condition." The new contract to signed Friday. It provides work- ers at the four mills represented by the federation and 2,800 em- ployees in Montreal and Valley- ield represented by the United Textile Workers of America |(CLC) with a 10 - cent hourly increase that took effect is |cents an hour starting next Feb. 115. "BRITISH TRACTORS Exports of farm tractors from Britain in 1959 reached a record 115,796, up 16 per cent over 1958, £ eo io on Ree Carmen Reid, 21, of the Mon- | land. The queen rode at the treal suburb of Lachine, was | head of the snowshoers' parade queen of a weekend convention | through Montreal streets in an in Montreal of snowshoers from | open ear, points in Quebec and New Eng- --CP Wirephoto PETERBOROUGH KIWANIS MUSIC FESTIVAL Closing Entry Date February 29th, 1960 For syllabus, entry forms and information write: MRS. D. 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