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vere ONSIDER Aaya STEEL MEN C The 11-week long strike by 500 steelworkers at Ontario Mal- leable Iron Co. may be nearing the end. Company and union officials met for seven and one-half hours Thursday--the first meet- ing in three weeks. meni officials from 9 a.m: until 4.30 p.m, and will present the company's offer to the members this Thursday at the UAW. hall,"* Keith Ross, United Steelworkers union representative, said today. "Although the union commit- tee is not recommending that the offer be turned down or accepted, we feel that it is worth considering," said Mr, Ross, 'Tt is one of the first times that. we got down. to. serious bargaining and a great deal was f my Russel Wilson, manager of 5 Ontario Malleable, said today he felt progress had been made, but that it was up to the men to decide, Local 1500 members went on strike, June 15, Their three-year contract. had expired April.30, in aGGilion to mgae. Mavnres the union is asking for come' pany-paid welfare, accomplished,"' he said. NIGHTTIME IN THE NINTH LARGEST ONTARIO CITY idnigh' York? area, as this, night photo- "Four Corners." They are fastest growing cities in London, Windsor, Sudbury, gus i yoo vers graph shows. Two city standing at the northeast Canada, is the 9th largest St, Catharines and Kitch- sion of "Broadway," King policemen survey the corner of Simcoe and King city in Ontario, trailing ener in population, St., is often a 'bustling brightly-lit scene at the Sts. Oshawa, one of the Toronto, Ottawa, Hamilton, --Oshawa Times Photo Wage Parity Demand : Prompts Strike At GM opened in October, 1965, could|tiations that have been going DRIVING CAUTION URGED AS SCHOOL TERM STARTS School starts Tuesday and be considered quiet is heavy thousands of kindergarten, With traffic, the spokesman | public and high school stu- said. | Ss The school children are | dents may be darting across dents at the hospital school are} fewer than in normal communi-| ties of the same size. He said} the Smith Falls hospital school, with 2,00 patients, has had five accidental deaths in the past five years. The number, he said, is fewer than in a normal com- munity of the same size, DISAGREES Dr. ©: H. Vipond, attending the boy who was operated for a 'spleen rupture following his removal from the Ontario hos- pital, does not share Dr, Dymond's view about the hos- pital. "The Smith Falls Ontario Hos- Hillsdale Manor union em- ployees will meet tonight to decide whether or not to accept an agreement between their local and the city, A tentative agreement was reached yesterday when both sides: appeared before a conci- liation board hearing in Tor- onto. Louis Fine acted as chair- man, If the 69member local rati- fies the agreement council's labor relations committee chair- man, Ald, Christie Thomas, says she will present the proposed Rail Workers Back On Jobs 'At CNR, CPR Railway workers in the city are gradually returning to work today, following the approval of government legislation, last night to end the eight-day Strike. Canadian Pacific trucks in Oshawa are expected to be on the read. this afternoon Canadian National is expected to be back to normal by the weekend, say spokesmen in the city. A CPR spokesman reports that they will be ready to roll when some of the overcrowded termi- nals are cleared. "T was in touch with the Toronto office this morning and they expect that all of the termi- nals will be clear by 5 p.m., to- day," said C, F, Ellison, CPR express agent, "The men are gradually re- turning to work and we expect all of the staff tobe ready to resume shipping by the week- end, said R.. W. Green, train master, at the CNR, PM HAS CHANCE TO LAUGH ALONG Minister Pearson along with Prime may "Laugh Longboat." "I am glad it is a hum: erous one which I can turn to in any spare time that I may have during~these try- ing days,' replied the Prime Minister. Mr. Tooley says his book is a history of Oshawa which dates back 100 years and which he has written "chief- ly from memory." Ralph R. (Longboat) Tool- ey, recently sent a copy of his "laugh along" book to Mr. Pearson. TRYS JET ENGINE LONDON (Reuters) -- Speed ace Donald Campbell is fitting a jet aircraft. engine to his racing boat Bluebird to try to smash his own 272-m.p.h, world water speed record, his engi- neer said Sunday. Tests will start next month in northwest England'sHilly Lake district in readiness for an October at- tempt, said engineer Ted Ravenhill. by 8 from ah sine Mayor Lyman Gifford MOVES AHEAD WEDGEPORT, N.S. (CP) --/ Oshawa. The University of Toronto! The formation of such entered in the intercollegiate|terday by game fish match Thursday sib two-day total of 466 points was! wih 'om the at promote new who' will! in the interest thinking only of getting their An "explosive" atmosphere 1 : ' Y of § has been pena among Osh- snowball into a walkout here|on since February." streets. ¢ books and settling in for the d protesting against GM's} at the time of the strike, A city police department school term, awa automotive workers by 8) (ess in accommodating con-| workers were making $2.05 an| SP0kesman urges drivers to that for the first few days, | 570 workers at the General) workers and the unsettling lay-| eq $2.84 as a low, which is| the utmost caution, not all of the safety patrols Motors of Canada Lid., Ste./of¢ situation here. |what Oshawa assembly line| , "It is even wiser to observe will be fully organized. Therese, Que. assembly line; wr, simmons said the auto-| workers earn. | this caution in all streets, , esr Pee e sf rom last year have retired, 'Tom Simmons, second vice-|taken no official action on the), > Cae eae anee™\ With all of the construction pu r Seo cern y wa take their place until the posi- Auto Workers of America, rer ills PARITY ao gel oye gurl pects the traffic has been re-routed. tions are filled, the spokes- today city workers have been} fe ; ; ir : A street that would normally man said. lumpy enought as it is over| The Ste. Therese men were|ing wage parity with Oshawa. | M's recent layoff announce-| seeking wage parity with Osh-| men. fringe benefits and walked out| ment for Ste, Therese workers,"'| He indicated the Quebec| because they got "'a little chees-|he said, "but the men didn't strike at the $60,000,000 plantied off with the drag in nego-|like the idea of the company e a Hurt In Accident UAW, Labor Department ocx | | Albert Taylor, is meeting to-/hymond says an incident n- s . | day in Detroit or Windsor (he}yolying a 10-year-old Oshawa 1 1scuss ayo Ss j}wasn't sure which) to discuss boy at the Smith Falls Ontario Results of those discussions|dent and probably unavoidable. | A meeting has been called layoff issue, that the National|night, he said, at a meeting! matic investigation was made Ontario Department of .Labor Employment Service is giving of the local bargaining com- following statements made by high priority to the counselling, | mittee the mother of the boy, Mrs. committee set up by Local 222, ; ' United Auto Workers. of Amer-/and financial assistance in the) si, Therese said the strike is\land Ave., that her son Paul ica, to help 2,600 men being those affected by the layoff. |\time when the assembly line was|kicked to death" at the hospital, OF Canada. Ltd. IN TROUBLE just starting production of the| Dr, Dymond said the senior Toronto and starts at 3.30 p,m.,| Mr. Simmons said it was new automobile models. The officer who he sent to the Smith immons, second vice-pre-| . , aT Fate tae ay : Adal a fe soy Local 222, said at say that, but "what we want production of five cars an hour|satisfied that the incident was " 2 nay so a pital School is notoriously under- i Minister John Robarts) | ®Vailable. ese men are in n the modern method o phe (Mi nid ' PROMOTES MEET : handling these children, we tty Dr. Vipond, defeated Liberal Eabor, Ht. /sowtspe). wil) He. said the Local does. not QUEBEC (CP)--Director Guy}to teach responsibility, but we!candidate in the last federal| there with something con-| yet know the names of the : | . | election, | Shea? Mr. Simmons ts | workers to be .Jaid off. "The|ter Games will tour Canada andjhealth minister. "If we locked | | conditions "deplorable" and "in Th . 'ke fter identifying them, There are the 10 provinces to attend the|the accidents could probably be!a sad state of affairs'? and he e union local is after official opening here in Febru-|prevented but then they would | <aiq the only conclusion he can a ---- % db »jary of 1967. About 2,000 Cana-|be vegetables, not human be- ' major construction projects ei ren ed om bang revel rend ' ment's lack of action is that the apes -- 4 -- Ue with de nee" participate. Dr. Dymond also said acci-| : peep giant local layoff. It : agama ge iri ~~ |to improve the present condi. looking for financial relief for | 1p' pres mdi- . the company is in the process ee 4 oe ' Dr. said he knew o' Federal Manpower Minister I ipon | Jean Marchand said this week/ers -- those the company de- they would be "eligible for the finitely knows will be laid off.) ) g ' aol » watd wean He said that some men, with oe pie oe bea ces which provide for benefits! t ttract jeomt: the } Supervision, | laying off men with two years X ec e 0 a ee ae ag The money would be avail- sons ~-- a lew riod os 0} able, he said under retraining) Oshawa and gone to St. Ther-,| More than 300 Rotarians from|member of the Oshawa Rotary !™Spect the undersupervised con-| programs being arranged|ese to apply for jobs é ga Mr. Simmons said he knew the province are expected to tion on the lawn at his Park- doctor technical and vocational train- ro | be axed here and that they Club of Oshawa, Sept. 12 one of the most popular of the as ly sag en better) At the same time he an- : This event, which has been day provides the opportunity parecnnel 0% ospial, \ nounced, in a letter to Mich- Quebec plant, which went on held since 1950, is one of the for out of town service club! ael Starr, MP, Oshawa, who! strike yesterday over a contract service | t h ei dispute. ' mn sat organization in District table gardens. | res The days' program will con- = 8 jors the opportunity to partici-) ) 40 Gao s Treasurers Participate si. Sou Mm itt a Cte ah to renew long standing friend-| avent will be highlighted Commencing at a.m. the! Toronto. visitors and their hosts will play golf at the Oshawa Golf City treasurer Frank Mark-; The two treasurers will see team with the best score will son is leaving town first hand and meet with offi. win the E.G. Storie Trophy But he's coming back in three|cials who have had experience; During the afternoon a men's tario Municipal Association's| 'This will provide us with played the Oshawa I local government study tour of|further opportunities to con-| Bowling Club with the good enough for a 32 ' p : y g g 2 g a 32-point lead|for c all England and other European|duct comparative studies in the| Dobbie Trophy going to Se Mile Ml Plea aoa: Be ce BL I over the second-place American William Manning, clerk-treas-|elected and appointed officials) A tour of the Oshawa plant sity, that will. produce rer of Ontario county, will also|who will continue to influence| of Duplate Canada Limited has MAKES GRANT for municipal office; embark on the venture municipal governments in the'been arranged for the early) FREDERICTON (CP) -- ? public's better equip those concerned) The City treasurer is taking the showing of the feature film Thursday made a grant of $10,-|if they with municipal governments in the trip on his own thme but}at the Regent Theatre 000 for relief of victims of the|mayor Ontario with problems of ur-|his expenses will be paid by| Late in the afternoon Col. R./recent severe eartrquakes in| Another The spokesman also said massive walkout yesterday of/tract wishes of Ste. Theres€/jour on the average, but want-| Proceed in school areas with ! Some of the crossing guards slent. motive union local. here has ..| the spokesman said. ae ive, eathoad : f vand policemen wi ave td president of Local 222, United! matter, yet. | Stood the coming along) soing on in the city, much of | "In principle, GM accepted) ment of between 2/500 and 2,600|)awa workers and the samejour (Oshawa's) master agree-| D | S Ss B dragging its feet on the money He said Local 222 president,) Wealth Minister Dr. Matthew union - company difficulties. |}Wospital school was an acci-| government's stand behind the) will come out next Tuesday; pr, Dymond said an auto: for Wednesday between the ' and the unemployed workers' placement, referral to training) 4 company spokesman. at| Adrien Van Lith of 303. High-| 4 4 moving to new employment of shutting down operations at aihad been "punched and nearly laid off from General Motors The meeting will be held in alright for Mr. Marchand to| Plant, which has an_ initial|/Falls nospital to investigate is We hope Mr. Robarts, is action, and the fastest kind now produces 18 cars an hour./an accident. staffed and overcrowded," said and Mr. Rowntree (Minister of| trouble. Rousseau of the Canadian Win-| must expect accidents," said the} } to invite th t| A tha' thildren" in tochintt Dr. Vipond termed hospital le ; bei slow t/Plans to invite the premiers of|up a he childre: : S, WANT PRIORITY company is being slow abou 'gles ; ; | about 3,000 men walking around priority in hiring of men for y i draw from the Ontario govern- dian athletes are expected to/ings,"' he said. is also} at : |"'they @on't seem very anxious (A GM spokesman said today the men. 6 . of notifying low seniority work-| Rota F oa S a I rl n | cases at the hospital where| patients had been lost and} new scale of tfaining allowan- low seniority, (GM says it is of up to $90 a week." seniority or under) have left ' iti Smi Walis."? sai | many clubs in this section of| Club, will be host at a recep- ditions at Smith Falls," said the through the federal - provincial! a : of three who feared they would) attend the annual Friendship) Wood estate. This gathering, He said better pay for em-| ing agreement have been hired on at the ainre unthariness members to view the magnifi-| wanted clarification on jfeature gatherings of 797,\cent formal, flower and vege-| ar soa nae Not only does it give the visit- evening at Hotel Genosha. This} I E S d ships. professional entertainers 3 and Country Club. The club weeks with a report on the On-| with problems of this nature doubles tournament will be cuntries field of local governments by! Wwitfning pair. team from Dartmouth Univer-|welcome such an The aim of the tour is to|province," said Mr. Marksn afternoon. Others will attend)Anglican Church of Canada\time banization and growth, |the city, '§. McLaughlin, an honoraryleastern Turkey. goal of the . Says;the citizens the formation of a civic affairs|accurate information about the association is a good thing forjstate of city affairs. an |sociation moved ahead of the 11 teams/association was announced yes-|medium for placing before the} Robert Nicol, chair-|taxpayers itsiman, who said his association|problems facing city hall candidates INTEGRITY civic|the most laffairs association is to~inform!seen for a number of years, New Civic Affairs Group Good Idea, Says Gifford of Oshawa with said the as- would be a good Mayor' Gifford of} the multiplicity "I hope. the candidates they} 'T'm sure the taxpayers will| choose will be men and women! organization|of integrity and candidates |from if elected do} time to time what they consider best for the city," Thejsacrifice a good part of theirjadded the mayor. The association's chairman are elected," said the|said his group intends to make this coming election active (Dec. 5) the city has contract before council on Tues- day for its approval. Local 132, Civic Union of Pub- lic Employees and the city had been deadlocked on the issue concerning .the acceptance of part-time employees into the union. In May 'the local's member- ship voted to strike if the city didn't meet its demand for a 20-cent an hour increase. The CUPE local also wanted a one-year contract in place of the present two-year agreement. PUBLIC WORKS Concerning the labor relations committee negotiations with local 250, CUPE the city's de- partment of public works em- ployees Ald. Thomas says her committee and the local will meet with a conciliation officer on Monday Sept, 12 at 10 a.m. in an attempt to reach a settle- ment, The local is asking a 25 per cent increase in wages, says Auditorium The layoff of 2,600 General Motors of Canada hourly-rated employees' is not expected to. greatly affect the campaign for} the centennial swimming pool| and recreational complex. "We are going to lose sonie money but a lot has already been discounted," Frank Mark- Son, campaign treasurer, said last night at the civic auditorium board of director's meeting, Terence Kelly, finance chair- man, said many of those who had anticipated they would be laid off gave small cash dona- jtions instead of making a pledge. To date $292,333 has been add- ed to the campaign fund and another $2,500 is expected by the end of this week, said Mr. Kelly. "There are also several per- sons who have indicated they will make a contribution next year," he added, PAY ROLL General Motors payroll deduc- tions account for $165,000 of the total fund with other payroll de- ductions totalling $32,111. Cash donations are tallied at $37,426 and revenue from other pledges is calculated to be $57,796. Of the $254,907 promised from payroll deductions and pledges, $30,469 has been received, leav- ing 88 per cent of $224,438 of the pledges yet to come, "Our target is to collect the 88 percent plus $50,000 and pre- Ald. Thomas. sent our share of the. project's'handl Layoff Not Critical -- For Centennial Fund Oshawa Simes OSHAWA, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1966 Hillsdale Staff Consider Pact Directors Review Campaign Drive cost to the city," said Mr. Kelly, These amounts, he added, do not include other sources or revenue stich as contributions from companies within the city, \OLD PLEDGES The board of directors heard |that there was still money being |received from "old auditorium" | pledges, | "This will amount to about |$20,000 after all expenses are paid,"' said Mr, Markson. The money is not included in the present campaign total, Cost of constructing the civie auditorium was $1,300,000. The jaddition of the centennial swim- ming pool-and recreational com- plex has been estimated at $1,010,000, Farmers Seek Drought Relief OTTAWA (CP) -- Farme?s from Qntario's Prince Edward County met Agriculture Minis- ter Greene Thursday to ask for federal aid to offset crop lossés caused by drought, but appar- ently came away with little hope of assistance, ; Mr, Greene didn't specifically reject the farmers' request, But a statement from the ag- riculture department said he told the group that while the federal government has helped farmers in some crop disast- ers, they were major ones too difficult for the provinces -te "MAPLE L What began as a barren maple tree in the chil- dren's department of the McLaughlin Public Library one month ago, is now a heavily laden tribute to their reading ability, About 25 Oshawa children between 9-14, have been attaching leaves to the tree which now bears about 200 of them, And they're very important. Each represents a library - approved book a child has read during EAVES "READ" ON for library's The leaves, made of construc- tion paper, are inscribed with the reader's name but unless the book is a selec- tion from the list of "'worth- while" authors and is of grade four level, the book is not eligible reading material for the contest, Picture books do hot qualify. The children give an oral. reportSof the text before putting a leaf on the August TO TREE tree. Allison Churchill Ave., is shown adding her 48th leaf. The best boy and best girl readers will receive a prize during "Young Canada Book Week," Nov. 12-19, "During August, things can get dull for the youngsters. To avoid this and to in- crease summer reading; we began this contest," said Mrs. A. M. Foy, librarian in the children's depart- ment. --Oshawa Times Phote Berry, 86