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"MOST ENLIGHTENED PLAN IN WORLD" Director Praises L Ontario now h lightened legal aid program in the world but the trouble is most people in the province don't even know it, says On- tario's new direcior o1 legal aid, : Ontario's new legal aid act, ed two months ago, is "the est legal aid act of its kind in the world," Andrew Lawson said in an interview. "Tt is going to revolutionize the administration of justice," he added. Purpose of Mr, Lawson's trip to Oshawa was to drum up support for the act. The act will only function effectively if every lawyer vol-/fa unteers to take part, he said. "The law society hopes every lawyer in Ontario will volun- teer to serve, Some top lawyers in Ontario have already volun- teered," Mr, Lawson said. "Terence Kelly, president of the Ontario County Bar Associ- ation, has said the Ontario County Bar Association is right the scheme." Mr. Kelly said the association is meeting Sept. 28 to elect an area director. SWEEPING REFORMS The act, which incorporated ractically all the sweeping re- lorms recommended by a gov- ernment - appointed committee of lawyers, goes into effect at the end of the year. Under the new act, which Mr. Lawson describes as '"'fantas- tic', any resident of Ontario can apply for legal aid for any legal need. This is a vast improvement ever the way things are now. Existing legal aid legislation arbitrarily excludes people who earn more than a_ certain amount, excludes people with previous criminal records and only applies to certain areas of| the law. BRIDGE PLAYERS The contract bridge team of John Miller of Ashburn, Ont., and N. Rippon of Weston, Ont., tied for first place with a per- be a of 69,3 in district two, of e American Contract Bridge League. They tied with a team from New York. Play- ers in 239 separate and simul- taneous games all over North America play identical com- puter-dealt hands, enabling a nationwide comparison of re- the most en-| yer has to donate his services. Under the new set-up people will be assessed as to need -- not earnings; accused persons with orevious, convictions ¥: WE CiigiNE) aad Mopeets an sae law will be covered; and the government will pay the lawyer 75 per cent of what he would have normally charged a regu- lar client, "The Law Society of Upper Canada is to administer the act; the government to pay for it," he said, : "A person's contribution to legal aid will be determined by the department of public wel- "Tt envisages some people can pay nothing; some some- significant contribution." FIVE YEARS "An applicant who is assessed for part of the cost of his legal | years to pay it back." "Onee financial contribution is determined by the depart- |ment of public welfare the area director and in some instances, ithe area committee -- a com- mittee of locally-elected law- yers and civil servants -- will determine whether a legal aid certificate should be granted." "If the certificate is granted the applicant has the right to choose his own lawyer and in the more serious cases from anywhere in Ontario," "This act will put the man who hasn't money in the same position as the man with money." "No one in Ontario will ever be able to say there's a law for the rich. and a law for the poor." |ON THE SPOT "Every magistrate's court in Ontario will be staffed with duty counsel who will give legal aid on the spot. "The duty counsel will speak for remand or bail and once these preliminaries are out of the way the accused will pro- cess for a legal aid certificate in the normal way. "The fact has a previous record will in no way affect his rights to legal aid." Mr. Lawson was elected a di- rector of the international legal that an accused| At the moment, too, a law- | thing; and others can make a | aid will be allowed up to five § ANDREW LAWSON, TERENCE K SSN LLY ye net ee a ee GVID ASAE THAN IIIA HE IIA EPI Robert Samuel lin, Oshawa's lea citizen, who has devoted entire life to the development of the automotive industry in Can- ada, is receiving the con- gratulations of his many Canadian and United States friends today on the occasion of his 95th birthday. "Mr. Sam," as he is affec- tionately known to scores or citizens, has never been one to rest on his laurels, His boundless energy, despite his: years, is characterized by the fact that this afternoon he turned the sod for the new centennial recreation centre McLaugh- near the Oshawa Civic Audi- torium, Col. McLaughlin started as an apprentice with the Me- Laughlin Carriage Co, The contacts he made while learning his trade in the United States convinced him that the automotive age was at hand, With the help of his brother, the late George W. MCLAURNIUN, ne was respon: sible for the buil of the first Chevrolet and McLaugh- lin - Buick automobiles in Oshawa, 'One grade only. and tha' the best," was the firm's motto from the beginning. COL. "SAM" 95 TODAY | His whole working life, since he entered the carriage business at the age-of 16, has been devoted to the trans- portation business. He is to be found at his desk jn the General Motors office almost every day. Even when he is vacationing in Rermuda or Hawaii during the winter months he makes it a point to attend the meetings of the board of General Motors Cor- poration of which he is a director and vice-president, He is also chairman of the board of General Motors of ~ Canada Ltd. : R. 8. McLAUGHLIN fmt cit She Oshawa Times OSHAWA, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1966 Taylor ringer, Frank Baron, Michael Board voted unanimously Wed-|Rudka, Dr. George Sciuk, Mrs. nesday to expropriate two par- beh geony Clarke and William cels of land to accommodate| Other motions passed by the Oshawa Separate School aid association on the strength Steel Men Meet To Decide Future Members of Local 1500, United Steelworkers of Amer- fica -- now in the third month of a strike to back up demands for a new contract -- will meet tonight to decide whether to accept a new offer from their employer, Ontario Malleable) Tron. The offer was made last week at a meeting between union and management offi- cials -- the first in seven weeks. "The offer's not being rec- ommended, just presented," USW international representa- tive Grant Taylor said today. "There's no indication how it'll be received one way or the other." "Although the union commit- tee is not recommending that jthe offer be turned down or jaccepted, we feel it is worth Pedestrians Hurt In Crash jconsidering," USW _ interna- Keith WHITBY (Staff)--Two motor|tional representative vehicles sustained total dam-/Ross said after the meeting last age estimated at $1,000 in a col-| week. lision at the intersection of} "It is one of the first times building plans for a new school/hoard included: and new classrooms at a sec-| ---Students in the St ond schoo), Michael's school area be given It was the board's first-ever|the option of attending St. expropriation vote, | hom ig : rate -- or Holy ss Senior School; Board business administra-|~ + "Thomas Aquinas, tor Frank Shine said today the decision Ww expidpiiats Wee ~ taken after the city asked for E lim t roads and sewers to be put in nro en exceeding the cost of the prop- erty. "As a school board we shouldn't have to pay these charges," he said. Enrollment at Oshawa sep- The board's vote followed ajarate schools continues to shoot brief from its legal advisor|¥P, school board members were Russell Murphy renommend-|oe at a special meeting Wed- jnesday. ing the trustees go ahead and) his year, 4,487 students reg- expropriate. istered, an increase of 401 or The properties are located|9.8 per cent over last year, on Rossland and Stevenson|board inspector Whit Humphrey Rds., and at the foot of Atha-| sald. i baska St. Business administrator Frank M ;.|Shine said Oshawa's separate The Rossland Rd. property | school population has been in- ear-marked for an addition t0)oreasing atthe rate of about St. Joseph's school and the/10 per cent for the last six | First Expropriations Approved By Trustees su At Separate Schools Weldin United Autoworkers Local 222 president, Albert Taylor to- day accused Oshawa Engineer- ing and Welding Co. Ltd., for bargaining in bad faith and for | "reneging"' on previously agreed-upon items in negotia- tions with Local 222. Members of the recently- formed Local 222 unit at the company walked off the job Albert Love, St. Christophers, St. Francis and St. Josephs be ldesignated senior schools in |Sept. 1967. These schools will also include' kindergartens through Grade Six; | Wednesday to back up demands The two yet-to-be-built/for a first contract. schools will be made up of eight) «we intend to have our peo- classrooms and a library; and ple in Local 222 from the other William Saccoccio, architect be plants help the picketers on the retained to design the two neW/ jing maintain a strong force at schools. all times," Mr, Taylor said. Shoots Up off negotiations today while the ter-proposals. "No date of re- sumption was mentioned," he said. "The union advised the com- pany representatives they were ble t t them at that Oshawa's separate school ean cae rate of increase is over five) te said the starting wage for times the national rate. lfemales is $1.25 an hour and | SHUFFLE-JUGGLE \the starting wage for men is | For some Oshawa students|$1.50.an hour. the back-to-school shuffle has} The work-week is 45 hours union was waiting for the coun) 2555-55 Blasts g Firm and "some people who work in excess of 40 hours are paid time and a half while others are not', He said certification was granted for 60 employees March 15, but the union's first meeting with the company was under a conciliation officer, "T can never recall a situa- | tion before where the union had to meet with a conciliation offi- cer before meeting with the company." SENT LETTERS He said the company sent "sweetheart letters" to some of its employees late in August thee'a haan "The ironic part was these jletters were only sent -- to the union's knowledge -- to those who had signed union initiation cards." "As far as the union is con: cerned this issue will not be resolved until, these discharge letters are formally withdrawn in writing." three a Students at schools began construction at schools is completed. Assistant business administra- jtor Daniel Riordan said, after separate temporary ishuttle between schools while one of the Athol and Dundas Sts. Wednes- day. As a result of the collision, two pedestrians suffered minor injuries. Whitby police said today ve- hicles driven by Petrus Van- Munster, 91 Applewood Cres., RR 2, Whitby and Larry Coe, 1216 Brock St. S., Whitby, col- lided. One of the vehicles swung around and struck the pedestrians, The pedestrians, Asif Khan $2 and his three and a half year old daughter, Kramat, were treated at the Oshawa General Hospital and released Mr. Kahn received bruises His daughter received lacera- tions to her forehead and abra sions. we got down to serious bargain- Athabaska land is for a new, ing and a great deal was ac- complished," The 500 members 1500 went on strike June 15.) of Local Their old three-year contractjonto and the Athabaska_ prop-| expired April 30 Union demands include fully- paid welfare and a wage-hike. Before the strike base rate was $2 an hour and members were! paying 65 per cent of their) welfare | Strikers are currently ceiving strike pay week for single men and $20) for married men from USW Canadian headquarters in Tor- onto. The meeting is being held at the UAW Hall at 7:30 p.m, CENTENNIAL TRAILERS STOP FOR 11 DAYS yet-to-be-named school St. Joseph's school is owned by Sisters of St. Joseph, Tor- erty by an Oshawa resident. Mr, Murphy said in his brief, the Sisters' solicitor had no "There's no ill he said The board passed a motion feeling," y e-/giving Mr, Murphy the power) Of $15 Pelltg expropriate the two proper-| ties. Present at the special back: to-school board meeting were chairman Jack Lawrence, Ter- rence O'Connor, Anthony Mer-'mouth resuscitati Alternate Sites Found For Caravan Alexandra Park or the Civic Auditorium's parking lot will be used by the Centennial Caravan when it comes to Oshawa next August. Council has granted the cen- tennial committee the use of the city's facilities to accom modate the caravan which will be here for 11. days Ald. Hayward Murdoch, cen tennial committee chairman, told council the caravan com ing to Oshawa is one of eight such groups that will tour Can ada during Centennial year Each will consist of tractor trailers which wil linked together after they ar rive to form a continuous pas sage. PROGRESS About 500 persons are expect ed to complete the tour of the trailers in an hour and during which times they see scenes depicting Canada's progress during the past 100 years. Admission will be free The caravans, Ald. Murdoch eaid, will have continuous police protection. City police will es cort the caravan within munici pal borders and the lice will take over at its. The centennial seven be a hai will provincia the cit committee chairman said each tractor trailer is 10 feet wide, 14 feet high and weighs over 30 tons. This, he said, accounts for his committee desiring alternate locations for the caravan If it rains and the ground is wet at Alexandra Park, the trailers might ruin the grounds because of their bulk, council was told By having alternate locations Oshawa will be assured of hav- ing the caravan come to the city Slot Cars Oshawa police will be re- quested to check the operation of an indoor race-track on King St. W Council, in granting a transi- Safety Elephant Chairman Warns Of Traffic Hazard Chairman of Elmer the Safety| Elephant for Oshawa, Douglas} Carmichael, warned city coun- this week that an extremely ous traffic hazard still ex- ists on Regent Dr., formerly wn as Colborne St. E In March, he said, a petition carrying the.names of parents of school children who must use} this street on their way to three} different schools was presented to council The parents were later in- formed a_ sidewalk would be onstructed but to date no work $ said Mr, Carmichael told council since January there has been kr iken place, he four accidents involving chil dren on this narrow high bank- ed street Regent Dr. is used as a per- manent city bus route, he said. To compound this problem Elmer the Safety Elephant president said, King St. E. Traf- fic is now being detoured to Re- gent Dr. and 'will continue for another three months He suggested that council take immediate action by con- structing a temporary, gravel based sidewalk for the safety of the children concerned The letter was referred to the traffic and public safety committee, ' |years. Trustee William O'Neill note a\® board meeting last night, con- struction at St. Francis School lis behind schedule because of al jsummer etrike at the building} Principal Saves |i | | City Boy's Life |cives senor students at st The Oshawa Separate School|Francis, St. Michael's and St. | | | lobjection to the expropriation.|Board voted Wednesday to send|Christopher's schools, Students who would have oc-| the unfinished class - Francis have been a letter of commendation to| Michael Lisko, principal of St. |cupied Joseph's School, for saving the|rooms at St. life of a four-year-old boy Sun-|transferred to St Michael's. ay St. Michael's students who Board member Terrence are. displaced by the influx of O'Connor said Mr. Lisko pulled|St. Francis' students, are being ithe drowning tot from the Gren- |bussed to St. Christopher's. fell St. apartment swimming} Mr. Riordan said the board pool and applied mouth-to- |expects construction to be com- on. Ipleted in about a month. | | "sane 6,000 Visit Auto Museum During Summer Months Canadian Automotive Mu-|standing auto museum in Can- ada," seum hours will be changed! back to the regular hours of} Mr. Brennen said to encour- age residents to take advan- Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m, to 6/tage of museum membership p.m.; and Sunday noon to 6 tickets, travelling art displays will be shown at the museum-- p.m. soap ithe first to start Sept, 19 and More than 6,000 persons visit- the second in December. ed the museum during July and "ass cau aal August, says Herb Brennen, |..." the new paamiga Poa added ssistant Chamber of Com-|,, museum this summer. vane Three are firsts of their kind. merce manager The fourth: is the only one "They came by buses, cars,|known to be in North America bicycles and even-a man on ajand the fifth, said Mr. Brennen, Rytecraft appeared,"' said Mr.|"'is a seven-passenger Packard, Brennen, 'People from coun-ja beautifully restored vehicle tries near and far were im-jowned by Ron Fawcett of pressed with what is the out-'Whitby." city union officials Wednesday it would be possible to absorb most of the 2,600 workers laid off recently by General Motors of Canada Ltd., a union spokes- man said today. Clifford Pilkey, president of the Oshawa and District Labor Council, quoted Mr, Rowntree as telling union leaders the government will try to provide on-the-job re-training programs for the displaced workers, Three hundred and fifty members of Local 222, United Automobile Workers, marche: around the department of labor offices in Toronto while union and government officials. met inside, The men were trans- ported to Toronto in seven uses, : Watched closely b ice, the demonstrators. fo ng placards, marched quietly around the building. They re- turned to the city after two hours. Jobs For Workers May Be Arranged -- Government Will Help In On Job Re- Training Labor Minister Rowntree toldworthwhile ideas and sug tions," said Albert Walker, Oshawa riding MPP, who ac: companied the delegation, "Mr, Rowntree and Econome ies and Development Minister Randall offered the fullest pos+ sible government co-operation and the brief presented by Local 222 officials was thoroughly discussed," said Mr, Walker. He said the Minister of Labor said he would send a rep resentative into the area to conduct a close Haison with Jocal officials "and I am con- fident that everything the gov- ernment can do to find a solu tion to this unemp! problem will be done.' Leading the union delegation were Albert Taylor, Local 222 president; Mr. Pilkey; Hugh Peacock, UAW _ international Mei ing, chairman of the GM committee; Gordon Lambert; "The meeting produced some Says Labor OTTAWA (Special) -- Labor Minister John R, Nicholson said in the Commons Wednesday he had been impressed with some of the representations made by the United Automo- bile Workers in a recent visit to Ottawa, In late August, some 25 members of the union locals from General. Motors in Osh- awa, Ford in Oakville and Mc- Kinnon Industries in St. Catha- rines met with Mr. Nicholson, Industry Minister C; M, Drury and Manpower Minister Jean Marchand, Andrew Brewin, NDP mem- ber for Toronto Greenwood, asked Mr. Nicholson Wednes- day if he had received repre- sentations about the lay offs at McKinnon Industries, especially with regard to the Transitional Assistance Benefit Plan. "We had s useful discussion,' Mr Nicholson replied. 'After Hamilton, David R d Edmund Polgrabia oe UAW Men Persuasive, Minister the meeting my colleagues and I discussed the matter. I might say that the representations im- pressed me, at least some of them did, They were rather per+ suasive, I hope they had the same effect on my colleagues," SPECIAL STUDY The minister said a special study and report is expected to go before the cabinet within the next week or two. Ontario MP Michael Starr as- ked if the delegation had re- quested that TAB be paid to the laid off workers in addition to the supplementary unemploye ment benefits and what the gove ernment's reaction was to this request, "That was one of the sug> gestions put forward and it is being carefully studied along with other suggestions and sub- missions made by the delega- tion, "Mr Nicholson replied, ent trader's licence to Harryjof the society, said earlier that Dyas to operate, a_ slot-car|looking after juyenile offenders racing track, did so subject tojis not a service of the Chil- the clerk checking with the/dren's Aid Society, police department to see what) The society has been detain- type of business it will be. ing juvenile offenders as a The check will determine if|special service to the city and gambling is permitted on the/county since 1958, he said, jraces, council was told The local director says the | 'The track will be operated as 1965 Child Welfare act requires a commercial enterprise rent-|the society to expand its pro- ing track time to slot car en-|gram and the Act's require- thusiasts who desire to race ments necessitates the acquisi- jtheir home-built models tion of additional space. and Oshawa Speedway and Hobby staff iCentre is expected to be com-, The county, in adopting a | pleted by the end of September.|second report from the stand- Participants will be charged 25 ing committee on property, said cents for every 15 minutes of it would assume the full cost of track-time. guarding any child from the county placed in detention. William Manning, clerk-treas- urer for Ontario county in a letter informed Oshawa council, recently that the county also agrees that} agreed that the juvenile deten- any changes in the children's jtion facilities at the children's/ald shelter must be approved shelter on 300 Centre St., should by both municipalities. be retained He said the county council The building is owned jointly empowered Oshawa's commit- by the City of Oshawa and the/tee to investigate the charging County of Ontario. of rent for the use of 'the pres- The Children's Ald Society of ent children's shelter as offices the county and the city has ask-'for the Children's Aid Society. ed both councils to remove the' City council referred Mr detention facilities at the 300 Manning's letter to the parks, Centre St. address property and recreation com- Barnard Lewis, local director! mittee for further study. Juveniles County council SSS ES Oshawa's first city-owned greenhouse, The structure costing . $44,789 is expected to be completed by October 4 Concrete footings now be- ing poured at a Farewell St site wil eventually support the glass work of T CITY - OWNED GREENHOUSE of this year. Erected by Mel-Ron Construction Ltd the 6,480 square foot green- house will be heated with gas obtained from he sewage treatment plant, This is expected to reduce the operating costs.