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2 THE OSHAWA TIMES, Fridey, April 24, 1964 GOOD EVENING -- By JACK GEARIN -- SOME REFLECTIONS ON CITY'S 1964 BUDGET Few citizens bother to read the municipal budget even casually. Few aldermen read it carefully. Such lethargy is sad, will undoubtedly prove costly to the municipality in days to come. ~The budget, despite obvious imperfections, tells more about the City's financial picture: than any other official document. It should be treasured, carefully assessed. There was an impressive ceremonial half-way through last Monday's open séxgion of City Council -- Mr. I. Frank Markson, the City's young and erudite City Treasurer, rose from his | front rew-seat in the gallery and proceeded to the front of the Chamber; then he carefully handed to each councillor a 70-page brown- covered volume with the title, "City of Oshawa -- 1964 Current Budget" (Alderman Walter Branch, the amiable chairman of Finance, per- delivered our copy sonaily - oi to the Press table, an un- WALTER BRANCH precedented public courtesy which stressed, in no small way, the solemnity and impor- tance of the occasion.) AMENDED BUDGET TOO FRAGMENTARY What did the ceremonial mean? The City Treasury department had released its much- discussed "amended" budget for 1964 (a common procedure with municipalities.) The preliminary budget? It was released exclusively to aldermen and departmental heads prior to recent budget talks -- it was an impressive compilation of hard-core bud- getary statistics, if it did omit some important data (such as the City's total debenture debt in 1963 -- $18,683,100). The second, or amended budget? It naturally contained geome necessary corrections, revisions; also it was udoubted- fy prepared with an eye for greater distribution than was the eriginal, as Mr. Branch explained: "It is available for all interested parties." What is the big difference between the two? The amended budget is too fragmentary for appraisal of the City's true financial picture; whatever its merits and its improvement on other years, it has at least one major fault -- it has failed to include itemized breakdowns af several departmental actual expenditures in 1963 (unlike the preliminary budget.) Departmental totals for 1963 actual expenditures are in- eluded, but such lump-sum figures allow for far less detailed inspection of the departments. ; As an example -- the 1964 estimated budget for Admin- istration of the Fire Department is $77,664 as compared with $71,494 in 1963. These totals in the amended version are important, but it is impossible to ascertain from the book what the actual expenditure was in 1963 (the sum of $28,817). There is a sound explanation for the sharp upswing in the Fire Department's Administration budget (i.e, Mr. Markson has broken down the City's employee benefits bill into de- partments instead of lumping it all together in one statistical egg.) The same breakdown on 1963 actual expenditures is omitted in the amended budget on other departments such as Police, Parks, Property.and Recreation, etc, It may sound like splitting hairs over trivialities to stress such inconsis- tencies, but one question persists: "Such pertinent 'information was included in the Coun- cillors' preliminary budget -- why was it omitted in the amended one?" OTHER SIDE OF STORY City Treasurer Markson explains it this way: "My staff simply didn't have time to make aii the needed changes, but this will be rectified in time. We will certainly include the breakdown on actual expenditures next year." In all fairness, Mr. Markson started a_ revolutionary and much-needed overhaul of the City's antiquated budgetary system several months ago. The job has not been com- pleted. His 1963 preliminary budget, for instance, contained much statistical data hitherto omitted from municipal bud- gets. His new budget system is fashioned with more emphasis on departmental responsibility. ("Responsible budgeting on a departmental basis, "is the way he explains it.) As a result, each departmental head is now more responsible for what is in his budget, especially in the way of expendifures, than was previously the case. Mr. Markson's Treasury aides can now analyze department budgeting quicker and more accurately than hitherto. He has instituted a new account number system -- the principle is that each ac- count number has an allotment and the department head must keep within said allotment, financially speaking, or be up on the carpet. THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF BRAHMS CULTURE NOTES (MUNICIPAL DIVISION): Bouquets to Mr. Francis J. Francis, music director of R. 8S. McLaughlin and Vocational Institute. He is trying to bring culture to our hard-working city councillors, an ambitious if unenviable task. Mr. Francis has invited these gentlemen (and Alderman Alice Reardon) to be his special guests at a symphony in the posh MCVI auditorium Sunday, May 10. Heinz Unger, world famous conductor of the York Concert Society, will perform, all feature members of the Toronto Symphony. We don't like to dash cold water unnecessarily on such plans; but we don't think tao many, if any, councillors will show up. Brahms or Mozart simply doesn't seem like their music dish, but we could be wrong. there has been no loss of deal- HAMILTON (CP)--A division 4ealerships have been received ing overseas shipping com-|in the first 10 days of April rose NAVY DIVERS Lakes Overseas Packing, a di . shipped to assemblers in Bel- ran or iIrm gium, Israel, South Africa, Aus- tralia, Chile and New Zealand. Will Ship 600 p ers because of the shift of man- wlacturing facilities from South Bend to Hamilton, and claimed of a Brantford firm will ship, Parts sales to United States 600 cars to Australia in June, dealers in March, 1964, rose 11 Studebaker of Canada Ltd. said per cent compared with Febru- pletely from South Bend, Ind.,|12 per cent compared with the to Hamilton. Same March period. Gordon E. Grundy, president! Elsi af dumuetaves indus Canadian Navy divers recoy trial and Wood Products Lid.,\°ted 243 of explosive wil! handle the shipment. Ve-jOrdnance on the west coast dur Mr. Grundy also said that Cars To Aussi ars 0 1€S that 122 requests for Studebaker Wednesday, thereby transfer- ary sales, he said. Parts sales of Studebaker, said that Great hicle components will beiing 1963. pieces % NEW TORIES MEET Two Quebec Social Credit MPs announced Thursday they have joined the Progressive Conservatives. Here, Gerard Girouard (centre) and Gerard Ouellet (left) ae shown with their new leader -- Opposition Leader Diefenbaker -- follow- OTTAWA (CP) -- After three;that the bill's sponsor, Trans- days of butting against a Con-/port Minister Pickersgill, and servative stone wall, the gov-|Justice Minister Favreau, sup- ernment has called it quits tem-|port the Knowles amendment. porarily to its efforts to write/A long succession of Conserva-) for|tive members have spoken to! rules non-partisan ground i constitu-| support the government's origi- redrawing electoral jency boundaries. nal version. | When the Commons ad-| Moreover, debate hasn't yet jjourned Thursday, night, a bill)reached the most controversial to establish independent com-| section which will impose limits missions to do this job was nojon the difference in population farther advanced than a week "weight" between rural and ur- earlier after debate last Fri-'ban constituencies. day, Wednesday and Thursday.) 'The bill's provision, allowing Justice Minister Favreau,/, maximum 20-per-cent popula-| government House leader, an-|tion variance above or below jnounced the Commons wouldithe provincial average, is turn to other business today and! strongly opposed by Conserva- early next week. He expressed/tiyves who want an even larger hope the Opposition would "'feel|jeeway for rural ridings, tradi- in a better mood'" later. tionally smaller in population Today the House debates a8-'than city ridings. riculture spending estimates. Complained Grant Deachman STARR MAKES MOVE (L Vancouver Burrard): Thursday's main excitement "We've been whooping it up/came when Michael Starr, for- over this clause for three days./mer Conservative labor minis-/ I hope they'll bring it to a vote'ter, moved for adjournment of; pretty soon." debate The clause he referred to is With the House in committee one spelling out procedure for stage on the bill--and thus no Indming members. of the four- division bells to summon more member commissions--one for/members for the vote--the Lib- each province--who will redis-jerals staved off the adjourn- Tories Force Halt To Voting Boundary Talk tribute constituencies on the|ment motion by a vote of 43 tojkeep us. politicians out of re- basis of the 1961 population cen-|42. Last-minute support from distribution," he said. PM PROMISES FULL PROBE Private, Public Pensions Hook-Up 'Knotty Problem (nn. OTTAWA (CP)--Prime Minis-jsecurity plan implemented injeconomcis department said the save millions of dollars by leas- ter Pearson said in the Com-|1951 and few would be expected|pension plan is wrongly in-ing Canadian civilian jetliners mons Thursday the government|to integrate with other than the|versely related to need with/for troop airlift instead of buy- plans to have full discussions|wage-related portion of thejthose aged 65 now deriving nojing new passenger transport with private pension plan oper-|present proposal. jbenefit from it, while those/aircraft, informants said Thurs- 'ators with a view to possible} The most outspoken critie ofjreaching 65 after 10 years will day. integration of. privately - run|the. plan was J, H. Craigs, re-|benefit immensely by compari-| Defence Minister Hellyer has pension schemes into the new search director of the Ontario son. already had talks with Trans- Canada Pension Plan, Federation of Labor. | Canada Air Lines, = He told Opposition Leader ; : j BEC (CP). ; _ Pacific Aiviines and the Air Diefenbaker he could give his ISN'T FAR ENOUGH gee Ge nd Ve renee Transport Board on the sichjset, assurance that the new univer-) He said that while he felt or-| ne enn erect |though nothing definite has yet sal all-Canada plan will not\ganized labor was in: favor of/fRISUH Dian says | ee haVelyeen worked out. place holders of private plans|the principles of the plan, he 7 vneven' effects on The defence departy ; deel iotia "sanatth iwas "bound to say" he felt the|Production costs, especially : rtment in an invidious position. federal government has not|Where small enterprises are|wants to expand vastly its air- hi rting|Concerned, and the accumula-|!ift capacity but it doesn't want age ee to really. "8 tion of capital in the pension|t0 buy another passenger plane He felt. the ratio of benefits|fund 'will be made in greatilike the RCAF Yukon for this to previous earings was not|part at the expense of other/Purpose. one of the knottiest problems|enough and the transition to re-/forms wel saving. FEB . __ a the federal plan faces, the Ca-|tirement from _employment| |The report, requested land the first of 16 American |nadian Pension Conference was would result in "violent incame, August by the Quebec s0verN-| Horeules C-190E planes--warth |told 'Thursday. ' = for most partici: ment, said increased production) $55,000,090 with spare parts 1, BENE! AUMNSOR anes Ps GC - Steel Company|°®S!s can only have "a negative!for this purpose will be deliv. ensions actuary for Con- of Can aa Winentae of Pay | effect" on labor 'ered this fall ada's yf - : s ; ployee benefits, said he was| If the additional cost was) But it wants to aevold the aware of a great deal of eg gg 8 negligible," the report/heavy expense--at least $10,- 'eturn private plans, large-re-|quiet" in Canada because of|said, the resulting effect on em-|000,000 per plane with ancillary jon libs ai have to make the haste in implementation of ployment would be feeble. equipment--of troop carriers. Carry Troops © To Save Funds | TORONTO (CP) -- Integra. tion of the proposed Canada Pension Plan with existing pri- vate pension plans could prove last DIEF ing th inouncement in. the Gill, P : m dontirg : federation Life, said that while Commons. there are few problems ex- pected in integration with low- --UP Wirephoto the sus. Hitherto this politically---~-----~-- | sensitive job has been done by * |Parliament itself. | The bill as written by the Cardinal j}government would have two of| ithe four members nominated by} the prime minister and opposi- tion leader. An amendment submitted a |week ago by Stanley Knowles,, BELMONT, Mass. (AP)--The pod wee. = ee wee John Birch Society released intments made by z : Chief justices to remove all ap-|Thursday night a letter by Ri- pearance of political partisan-| chard Cardinal Cushing in ship. which the Roman Catholie Arch- The irony of the situation isibishop of Boston said he had | WEATHER FORECAST Little Warmer, Sunny Saturday 43 28 46 42 23 30 27 24 27 27 28 32 33 31 35 36 36 41 Forecasts issued by the Tor-|Victoria .... onto weather office at 5 a.m.: (Edmonton . | §$ynopsis: Fair weather along Regina .. with light winds and slightly Winnipeg warmer temperatures is pre- % dicted for all regions on Satur- Lakehead ea 2% day. Sault Ste. Marie... Lake St. Clair, Lake Erie,|White River.. jsouthern Lake Huron, Windsor, Kapuskasing London: Sunny with a_ few Hatlton cc jcloudy. periods Saturday.|. oe lSlightly warmer. Saturday. North Bay |Winds mostly light north to Sudbury .. \northeast. Muskoka . | Niagara, Lake Ontario, north- Windsor .. ern Lake Huron, southern Geor- London . gian Bay, Hamilton, Toronto:|/Toronto . Mostly clear and cool tonight Trenton . Saturday sunny and_ slightly Ottawa «- warmer. Winds light tonight Montreal and Saturday. Quebec . Northern Georgian Bay, Hali-|Halifax . Chicago . New Yor eee eeeereees burton, Timagami, Cochrane, North Bay, Sudbury: Mostly telear and rather cold tonight. Saturday" sunny and_ slightly warmer. Winds mostly light =a Saturday. iis SES. Sibi wainly YOU NEVER KNOW Algoma, White River clear tonight. A few cloudy pe- riods Saturday. Continued cool WHAT THEY'RE DOING tonight, slightly warmer Satur- day. Winds light. | Forecast Temperatures Low. tonight, high Saturday | Windsor 35 | St. Thomas. 33 London .... Kitchener... Mount Forest. Wingham Hamilton . St. Catharines..... Toronto. .....++ ee Peterborough Trenton .. Killaloe .. Muskoka North Bay Sudbury Earlton Sault Ste. Marie... Kapuskasing ..... White River....... Moosonee ....++++ Timmins Observed Temperatures Low overnight, high Thursday |Dawson 33 45 45 50 45 50 40 45 e«- Ot the 'DISCOUNT 'ainracanam, Anti-Birch Stand } © HIGHEST ALLOWANCE NOW ON YOUR OLD FUR COAT ¢ NO DOWN PAYMENT | © FREE STORAGE consider able adjustments to-|the : plan Py the a late 9 Tee HOCH ward integration. analysis and research' into its) en INTERPRETING THE NEWS such plans already earn more te wie Ee ea than $5,000 annually, proposed|P!an could upse | as a ceiling in the national|ternal economy of the country) 0 ooms plan, and will be expected to|but also its balance of trade. | carry supplemental p.ension/lt could shift the economic bal- coverare. ance of the nation. | ® two Social Credit MPs tipped He said few of these plans! Prof. Robert J, Clark of the) n 1g ts ssue the scale. are integrated with the old age'University of British Columbia Mr. Starr charged that apie eo aa a ea ST as "there's some sort of setup' in ' _By HAROLD MORRISON -- {some 1,000,000 persons whe connection with the redistribu- bd Canadian Press Staff Writer |voted in the state's Republican- tion measure itness escrl es Seven weeks ago the U.s,|Democratic primaries, about He said the work of the 10 Senate began debate on 260,000 said they would prefer commissions has already been r historic measure to provide Wallace for president. done by Representation Com- in the Senate with Dixiecrats. It is small wonder, under cir- missioner Nelson Castonguay,' ec ory OO INS cisicensnip rights amid predic-|cumstances which exist, that who will be a member of each tions the legislation would get\Some of the more restless fac- provincial commission. He said passage if it obtained 'the full tions of militant Negro groups Mr. Castonguay has prepared OTTAWA (CP)--Two Crown) '"'When we came into the support of President Johnson, a/@@ resorting once again to constituency maps on the basis witnesses Thursday described|building we headed for thelpoyan with fairly wide southern Violent expressions of _ their of a 20-per-cent population var- to an Ontario Supreme Court| stairs," he said. "We got up appeal. re frustration, iation. jury how four persons died in|three or four stairs and he was) But despite Johnson's fre- The Negro plan te stall auto- Mr. Pickersgill said Mr. Cas-|a church rectory here Dec. 22. |waiting for us." iquert and fervent endorsements mobiles on the road to the tonguay is doing preparatory) Miss Hendine Bechard, 61, ' dict . ; work as authorized by Parlia-and John Edward Horner were| SHOOT THEM' jthe legislation is still stalled/New York world's fair was a ment last' year. Tentative(testifying at the capital mur-| Mr. Horner said that Regi-/'" the Senate with gy flop. But some still managed isketch maps were being pre-|der trial of 18-year-old Reginald naid Binette was joined by an- digging an for ti filibuser tl atito cause disruption and em- pared on the basis of variations Binette, charged with the shoot-/other man who said in French/Promises a long hot rg l/barrassment, especially in heck- gate members to look at them.|ing of Paul Mercier, 22, one of|"We have no choice, shoot debate with no passage unless 'ling Johnson's opening speech. of 10, 20 and 25 per cent. the four who died. them." oe are sharply modi- White civil rights supporters The minister rejected Opposi-. Miss Bechard, a sciatica pa-| Mr. Horner said both he and\)--~ : (Predicted the Negro, in taking ition demands that the maps be|tient was brought into the/Mr, Mercier put their hands veces dst Menem ¢ -- ong action, was meray See made public, but said opposi-|courtroom on a hospital over thele bende ernor George Wallace is con-|"S own throat, : tion parties were free to dele.| stretcher. She broke down in) |tinuing to pick up marginal) Filibustering segregationists gate members to look at them.|tears a number of times as she| "He looked at me for a sec-/and yet significant political undoubtedly will use these ex- Mi Picketagill sald he described the shooting of her|ond or two and a shot came | strength in some northern states|pressions of violence as. angu- couldn't understand Conserva-|Sister, Doralise, 65, and Miss out," he said. "I was stunned./8iving heart to the southern ment that the Negro still cam ltive arguments that politicians Alberte Guindon, 45. I fell to the floor at another |S°8resationists as they realize not be trusted with full citizen- 'ought to be on the commissions... Miss Bechard, who was|shot and so did Mercier." |they are not alone in their/ship. And undoubtedly, the "The purpose of this bill is to| wounded in the hand by one ot! rs Seti aldo. & renin struggle to keep the Negro sep-|mor? the filibusters dig in, the t the 12 shots fired by two men| or ine rectory' who insisted oon erate and unequal. |more the Uegroes will be who burst into the Christ the) etitving in French although SUPPORTED WALLACE tempted "to 266k irmnget. nee - Kin. Church rectory, identified i r ' : , ' sures of protest. Binette as one of the intruders. |> understands and speaks) The Wisconsin primary was|_ !* Miss Bechard said that Bi- English, said she panicked jhe eye - opener. Every repu-- EXPLOSIVE PROBLEM Inette and another man with him when she heard the shooting. table prognosticator predicted) The Johnson administration lcaaried guns. At one point in her brief testi-|Wiseonsin would shun Wallace, jis well aware of the explosive Alters mony Mrs, Jensen lapsed into|the man who defied the late|nature of the problem ahead, TOOK OWN LIFE a few words of English and the/president Kennedy, the U.S.'Officials acknowledge that as The second was identified judge, speaking Freneh,|constitution and the courts in/long as the Negroes must take jearlier by police as: Binette's|promptly ordered "in Frenchjattempting to block integration to the streets to protest, there brother, Roger, 22,-who shot please," of Alabama schools. Yet out of|will be trouble, been misled and now feels many himself. |statements he ogee Raps Poet Miss: Bechard: said after the lcuat nies cnjustified Monday'two women had been shat she ps sone saw the second man put his gun he was informed by telegram) y4;.< pechard also. testified! jlast Sunday that two members)i4.+ the accused twice at- Pe Pe var ae pad s3id/ tempted to shoot himself after | h hot |SCet i : } it sui- that he "agreed with them that |S oe his brother comms "9 \the late presidents Roosevelt|©'<*: c . Mr. Horner said 'he entered [and Kennegy were Commun- the rectory .in response to a cry lists." | 'The cardinal could not be|(er Mey Vives on the third floor reached for comment. of the rectory. He said he ent- | The cardinal's letter said that/ered the rectory with Mercier | "because of my own dedication|ang Rev. 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