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HIGH WAVES, WATER ATTRACT SPLASHERS TO CITY BEACH to take advantage of sum- mer's fading warmth, the boys plunged in the water wearing their blue - jeans, With the exception of these High waves and warm 'water prompts this ewim- ming party to ignore the wool air as they frolic in OSHAWA, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24 Layoff Called of the United Auto Workers The top executive of Local 222 union meet with federal govern- ment ministers in Ottawa Thurs- day to discuss the General Motors layoff. They meet at 2 p.m. with In- dustry Minister Drury, Labor Minister Nicholson and Man- Executive Will Meet With Three Ministers -- peg Nh ne Tisiaaa'" daiinalevelag sil Auto 'Workers will take ae reas oe with the Ministers. "We are "oat Lake Ontario at the Osh- awa Beach. Edward Sawi- eki, Edward Fracz, Wayn Wilkinson, Gary Good and Joseph Sawicki braved the elements Tuesday as they splashed it out with each other. In their enthusaiasm --Oshawa hardy lads, the beach was deserted as the swimming and summer season quick- ly draws to a close. Times Photo .|tario Riding, has jumped to the "Severe Michael Starr, MP for On- defence of the 2,600 workers who will lose their jobs in' the General Motors layoff. In a letter to Manpower Minister Jean Marchand he says that the layoff "is a severe blow to the economy of Oshawa and district. "Tt will result," he says, "in the loss of some $15,000,000 in earring power annually. "Tt is imperative that the government act quickly and effectively to deal with this problem. I am suggesting that the government institute with- out delay: --a retraining program, pro- viding a training of trades for try in Ajax is presently under- going an extensive expansion and here preference should be given to hiring of additional employees. of jobs in the automotive in- dustry under the Te States Automotive Tr: ment, I strongly urge the gov- ernment: to review the situa- tion and ascertain whether this agreement is working to the detriment of Canadian. workers and the Canadian economy. "that the government will take the suggestions made in a seri- ous vein and proceed with their implementation," Blow' "The Automotive Trim indus- ose laid off, in the "In view of the extensive loss le Agree- "IT hope,' -Mr- Starr «said which jobs are available; --that preference be given by the National Employment Serv- power Minister Marchand. "We will be telling them in no uncertain terms,"" said Local 222 president Albert Taylor this morning, "what our Locai thinks of the Canada Auto-Pact agree- ment with the United States which allows companies to toss workers out into the street and not have to show cause." The union will be pressing, said Mr. Taylor, for Parlia- ment to discuss the layoff when they meet in emergency session next week to handle the nation- wide rail-strike. Today the Local fired off a telegram to Ontario's Prime Minister Robarts, The telegram, said Mr. Tay- lor, demands a meeting with Mr. Robarts and his cabinet to inform them of Local 222's pro- gram to provide steady employ- ment and economic security for the workers affected by the GM layoff, organizing demon- strations though," said Mr. Tay- lor. "These will take place to force the government into action on behalf of the Auto Workers." No dates, he said, have yet been set for the mass demon- Strations. "We now have a special com- mittee set up to organize these demonstrations," said Mr, Taylor. , Full details of the brief that will be submitted to the govern- ment tomorrow are being kept secret until after the meeting, "Tt was drawn up," said Mr, Taylor, 'at' an all-day session of the top executive yester- day." The brief is known to include, however, a three-part govern- ment recommendation, ~ This was announced by UAW Canadian Director George Burt after last week's mass meeting at the Oshawa 'Civic Rail Strike Expected Boost Truck Business Oshawa's trucking companies|"we are expecting our biggest are bracing themselves for ajrush. Yesterday we made one probable rush of orders if the|of our normal calls to an Ajax Railway workers go through/company. with their nation-wide strike this Friday. i "Their order had risen from 500 pounds to 10,000 pounds. McAnally Transport reported|This is the way business is @ big increase in orders. "Today," a spokesman said, Anxious City Travellers 'oing."" Woods Transport, predomi- Keep Agencies Hopping With the rail strike deadline "The west coast is our most nantly a short haul business, reported that business was about the same. "We have had one or two calls from city companies," a spokesman said. "We don't ex- pect to receive much business if the strike goes through." SMALL FREIGHT Smith Transport reported a big increase in orders. "Mainly small freight," ex- plained a company spokesman. "We are expecting there will be more orders. as the week goes on." Consolidated Trucking report- ed no significant increase in City council at its Sept. 19 meeting intends to pass a by- law to establish a section of the Centennial Parkway be- tween Mill St,. and Colborne St. as a public highway. The announcement ,came. in the form of an advertisement in yesterday's Oshawa Times. Mayor Lyman Gifford said to- day only those persons who feel their property will be preju- diced by the construction of this section will be heard at the meeting. . He emphasized the connect- ing link -- Mill St. to Colborne St..-- will receive a 75 per cent subsidy from the Department of Highways. Adjacent Owners May Protest Road Chief Coroner Takes Inquest An inquest into the death of an eight - year ~ old Toronto boy who died of a broken neck at a Pickering swimming pool has been set for Sept. 9 at the Ontario County Building, The body of George Piodo- mani was found beside the swimming pool at Paulynne Sune Greenwood Road, on June ice to those affected by the layoff for jobs that are avail- able; --that arrangements be' made at once to pay moving allow- ance of workers, families and their effects to centres where jobs are available; under the direction of the -National Em- ployment Service; --that the Government of Ontario be urged to accelerate the construction of the Atomic Power Plant in Pickering Township, so that many of the laidoff employees may gain employment on this project. of the city sagging and council decides to commit the taxpayer with a burden they'll never be able to get out from under," he said. "Only last night Prime Min- ister Pearson warned of the danger the Canadian ecoriomy is in," he added. His committee, he said, will The inquest will be conduct- ed by Ontario's supervising co- Mr. Taylor added that GM unit membership meetings will be held when necessary to in- form the membership of the executive's actions and pro- gress. : The delegation to Ottawa will consist of the union's top com- mittee, plus George Burt, Cana- dian Director of the UAW, Clif- ford Pilkey, a city alderman and District Labor Council; and three city workers who will lose their jobs in the GM lay- f. off. "We have no intention," said this meet in the immediate future to determine what action it will "We understand," he _ con- tinues," that there will be ajroner, Dr. H, B. Cotnam. Mr. Taylor, "of making meeting with the Ministers the Auditorium, "First," the federal government and president of the Oshawaled t it. he said at that time, "we will be asking thi the Pearson gove: committed Canada to the Ai Pact agreement, instruct eral Motors to bring a halt the layoffs as being the Auto-Pact "Secondly," he said, in "Thirdly that the government set up a special tribunal be- fore which companies would have to appear to show eause for a layoff." take on council's decision add- ing that the committee will meet with the Ontario Munici- pal Board in the latter part of September to express its dis- approval of the parkway. requirement for a large num- ber of welders in the Bud industry presently establishing in Kitchener. Many of those laid off could be retrained for these jobs. IN RESOLUTION Riding Liberals Urge Grievance Machinery The Ontario Riding Liberal Party is to demand more ade- quate machinery for adjusting labor grievances. At its public meeting last night at the Genosha Hotel the membership approved a two- part. resolution that will go be- fore the National Liberal Con- vention to be held on October 10, 11 and 12 ai Ottawa. The first resolution asks that the federal government, through research with management and under 48 hours awy, ciiy|diiiiculi proviem sight ai the ;9*4°z5. travel agencies report rapidly min "It is possible there may be inereasing business today. a rush at the pone the week, agency busy a spokesman said, Pew had Prato to talk Paes "We have so much only y 'Times reporter. is ment; but we will be do- tip phene te: 8 : ing Wit we can." for Direct Win- ters Transport said that there had been no increase in busi- ness. "We have had one or two calls," a spokesman said. 'But nothing too much. Right now it is hard to say if we will get a big increase. We will have to wait until the end of the week for that." The cloverleaf section of the lexpressway, between the Mac- donald - Cartier Freeway and Mill St., is the responsibility of the highways department and will be. subsidized 100 per cent, he added. AGREEMENT "The next stage after Sept. 19's council meeting will be to sign an agreement with the department of highways and the city for the connecting link," the mayor said. Dr. Brian Doherty, spokes- man of a group opposing the Centennial Parkway, said today the hearing was like asking a "condemned man if he had any last words." ' "By saying they 'intend' to pass this bylaw and go ahead with the construction, the hear- not very many." bus station re- ported little change in business. "There has been a small rise; but this is mainly due to our CNE special service. I guess though that we shall feel the effect pretty soon." Public Housing Also the government continue to ensure that the employees' right to strike is not taken away or impaired by 'government ac- tion, except in those cases where a clear and present emergency endangering the public interest is present and then only for the limited period of the emergency. The second resolution asks that the federal government take action, in co-operation with the provinces to ensure that major agency rapidly increasing business. "A lot of people though," said a spokesman, "are leaving al- ternative travel arrangements right up until the last minute. I guess they are expecting that the strike will not come off. "The full effect of the strike won't be felt here for at least two or three days." A third agency reported that it had taken precautions some- time ago to protect its clients from the strike. | "You can't take chances in| RentsMayDrop ing is just a formality," the Oshawa doctor said. Although he has no property which will be directly affected relocation and readjustments of industry resulting from technol- ogical progress or government legislation shall take place sub- ject to reasonable regulations labor establish more 'adequate machinery for the solving of labor disputes within the context of the collective bargaining system. income is in the top part of the lower third income group (about $4,560 annually). H. W. Suters, OHC vice- chairman and managing direc- tor, said yesterday the corpora- tion was supposed to get a reply on its proposal by the end of July. He said CMHC was waiting for additional data on living costs based on the census this summer adding that a deci sion is imminent. oak .| Rents for Oshawa tenants in Cee. business," sale spokes housing admipistered by the =. in, ration "We were finding alternative aie ek etn | travel for our clients a week The -reduciiili. 'will. occur. if 7+ eee See: ' Central Mortgage and Housing "Most are being placed On/Corp approves an OHC re- bus and plane. vision of the rental scale. This > will particularly affect tenants SUDDEN DEATH i $6,000 an- Inquest evidente is also being prepared into the sudden death at the Whitby Ontario Hospital of Clarence Eugene Bailey, 62, who died on June 30. "No date has been set yet," said Crown Attorney Bruce Af- fleck yesterday. "'The inquest will probably be held in Osh-| awa.' * and control. Also that in the formulation|j and application of such regula- tions the government and rep- resentatives of labor and man- agement shall take part and that public funds be made available to alleviate the eco- nomic burden imposed on work- ers in an industry during periods of major readjustment caused by technological changes or changes in government legis- lation. The meeting last night elect- ed its ldcal representatives to attend the national convention. These will be: Mrs. G, N. Var- num, Dr, C. H, Vipond, Ronald Sproule, William Selby, B. V. Mackey, G, K. Drynan and E. C. McNeely. . A motion was also passed iast night that the riding's represen- tatives express full confidence in the leadership of Lester Pearson. by the connecting link, Dr. Doherty says he will attend the Sept. 19 meeting. "If they're going to have this hearing it should concern the expressway in its entirety not piece meal the way it is being done. "The parkway and its effect on the city and future regional development should be discuss- ed instead," he added. AMAZEMENT. John Dehart, publicity chair- man of the citizen's committee for the preservation of the Creek Valley, expressed amaze- ment that council should go ahead with the parkway in light of the recent report that 2,600 GM employees would be laidoff. "This is a shot-gun deal. Here we are faced with a lay- off of 2,600 men, the economy Diver Finds Seventh Car The murky depths of Oshawa harbor yielded another stolen car this week. For skin diver; Robert Ste- venson of 87 Stone St., the vehicle was number seven on the list of cars he has retrieved from the harbor bottom. The car was located Satur- day, half » way along the west pier with the aid of electronic equipment but was left there until Monday night when a search of the vehicle revealed it was empty. Police was owner Tusse Ga- lea, 482 Albert St., reported the car stolen about mid-July. earning $5,506 to nually. The revision' calls for a $10 to $40 a month drop in rent. HOPEFUL at Mrs. E. A. Middlemas, man-| ager of the Oshawa Housing 67 IN CITY_ Authority, said today she hopes} The OHC owns or manages the revision is approved. about 8,700 housing units in the "This could mean province, 67 of which are in in rent from $35 to $25 a month| Oshawa. for those in the lower income} This number is expected to bracket and from $130 to $90|\increase to 83 by September for those earning higher in-|when the Oshawa Housing comes," she said. Authority acquires 16 additional The Authority's aim, shejunits on Carleton Ct. said Mrs. added, is to assist people who's| Middlemas. CORNFLAKES ONCE SOLD FOR FIVE CENTS NEW DEVICE USED ON DOGS Manager Matt Muller (left) and John Greer, dog contro] officer, examine a new electronic device re- cently purchased by the city for destroying stray 'by an Ontarie Humane So- ciety inspector. The inspec- tor had claimed the former system did not destroy the animal quick enough. --Oshawa Times Photo BUTTER COST 25 CENTS A POUND IN 1913 Death, Taxes Certain -- And So Are Rising Food Prices animals. The equipment, an $850 electrothanator, was purchased from a firm in England after the dog con- trol department was pro- hibited from killing dogs - CLAMPETT CAN SAIL Buddy Ebsen, star of The Beverly Hillbillies, has won more than 40 trophies with his 36-foot racing sloop Turquoise. Add "food price increases" to that old adage that "noth- ing is as certain as death and taxes." A check of food costs during the past 50 years points to one conclusion -- prices keep jump- ig. Early advertisements are fare and quoted prices even more infrequent but a few products and their prices have been recorded in the now yel- lowed newsprint of yesterday. Sunkist oranges offered as a special premium, a piece of silverware for 12 cents and cornflakes sold for the exuber- ant 'price of five, 10 and 25 cents per small medium or large box. Instant coffee, 50 years ago, was 5 cents for 30 cups or $i for 120 cups. A tin- of pot cleaner cost 10 cents and nerve pills, 25 cents a box. A few other products were advertis- ed, avoiding any mentign of prices, Since 1913 on, advertising be- came increasingly prevalent and profitable for the merchant and thus better records of food costs are available. Butter was the remarkable price of 25 cents per pound in 1913 and in 1920 it soared to the "'offensive". price of 60 cents per pound as a result of war time difficulties. In 1925, the price of cream- ery butter had trickled down to 32 cents per pound, In 1929, the price of butter jumped 11 cents putting it at 43 cents a pound but in 1930 it was back down to 33 cents or two pounds for 65 cents. By 1935, butter was 25 cents a pound;by 1940, it was 29 cents, in 1945, (another war- time era) butter was 37 cents and by 1950 it took a drastic jump to the high price of 61 cents per pound. In 1955, the average price for butter was 65 cents per pound, in 1960, it was 65 cents. Today butter ranges in price between 59-63 cents in Oshawa. EIGHT CENT BREAD Bread was eight and nine cents a loaf (24 ounces) in 1929 until it dropped in 1940 to 15 cents' for two loaves. In 1955 it rose drastically to 15 cents a loaf and to 18 cents in 1960. In 1965 bread was about' 20 cents a loaf whereas today bread costs between 26 and 30 cents per loaf. Beef has had an important place in the family menu throughout the years and the price of this familiar food, when traced shows another gradual In 1920, beef was 45 cents a pound and rotind steak, 37 cents a pound. Five years later it dropped to 15 cents for either beef or round steak, and rose again in 1929 to 37 cents a pound. By 1930, the price of beef had taken another downward trend so sirloin steak, (an ex- pensive cut of beef), could be bought for 33 cents per pound and rolled beef roast was 25 cents a pound. Flat rib boil beef. was only 17 cents per pound. ' In 1935, sirloin steak was 16 cents per pound, pot roasts-- 10 cents a pound, minced beef-- three pounds for 25 cents and shoulder roast beef was nine cents a pound. Pot roast went up in cost five cents a pound five years later and porterhouse sirloin steak did too costing 21 cents a pound. In 1945, boneless round steak roast was selling for 41 cents per pound and by 1950, porter- house sirloin steak or roast was 69 cents a pound. Minced beef was 39 cents per pound. PRICE DIVE In 1955, meat prices took a * dive with steak (beef) 39 cents a pound, stewing beef five pounds for a dollar, minced beef 29 cents a pound and pot roast, 25 'cents a pound. In 1960 sirloin steak shot up to 79 cents a pound and pres- ently the price of beef has taken a step down, Pot roasts are 69 cents per pound, steaks esd roasts, 65 cents, and minced beef 43 cents a pound. . Coffee is and*has been an essential commodity of the household and history shows it eres, Le im te Ty te te te ty has continually climbed on the price index. It was 56 cents per pound in 1920 and 1925 but rose to 59 cents. a pound in 1929. In 1930 coffee dropped to 49 cents per pound and really swooped down to the low price of 25 cents a pound in 1935. The cost of coffee rose again in 1940 to 33 cents.a pound and in 1945 to 35 cents per pound. COFFEE CLIMB A remarkable upshot in the Price of coffee occurred in 1950 when it was 74 cents per pound and in 1955 coffee lovers were given the extreme test of their loyalty when the price of coffee became 97 cents a pound. In 1960, coffee drinkers 'en- joyed the relaxed price of 67 cents per pound of coffee but again in '65 they had to face a y tn tn tn 2a. o> ee ee ee ee new, increased price of coffee, being 75 cents per pound. , Today, coffee has risen in price to about the same cost experienced in 1955 which is 95 cents per pound. Breakfast bacon cost more than back bacon in 1920, (now the reverse is standard prac- tice) costing 55 cents a pound. tn the year 1925, it dropped considerably to 26 cents. per pound and rose in 1929 to 29 cents a pound, and stayed there until 1935 when it dropped to 25 cents per pound. Back bacon was its equal*in-this year. Through the years it was Stable until in 1950 it rose to. 55 cents per pound or two pounds for 95 cents. Bacon was. still available at two, pounds for a.dollar until 1960 when the price of bacon was whipped up to 69 cents per pound, 8. ithnnkid Si tm Si eT Fhe aR In 1965 bacon rose again to the price of 92 cents per pound on the average and today rind- less cut bacon is anywhere be- tween 95 cents and $1.30 per pound. TEA DRINKERS Tea drinkers could get three pounds of black tea for 60..cents in 1920 but by 1929 one pound cost between 59 and 79 cents a pound. It dropped in 1930 to 53 cents, in 1935 to 1940 to 45 cents and then in 1945 black tea shot up in price to 57 cents a pound. In 1950, tea was 29 cents for . a 30-tea bag' package and in 1955 went to 43 cents for the Same numbe¥ of tea bags. Thirty tea.bags in 1960 cost about 40 cents and in 1965 the same number cost about $0 cents where it'is today, | acted bats bab