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WINNIE WILLIAMS

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Producer-consumer unity urged
to block milk price increases

further rises in milk prices, the Women’s Auxiliary to the

Sensing the possibility of

maune Workers and Boilermakers: Industrial Union, Local e ‘ ;
ontroller, E, C, Carr, demanding an investigation into the present price spread in milk

ti ns to bring their ac-
ai fore the public, the aux-
the forwarded a letter also to
ee ue Sun, which the
3 lary states “apparently hit
$ Close to the basic truth to
‘a considered worthy of inclu-
5 n in the letter columns of the
un,” .
gave are convinced,” the letter
ihe that the farmer, despite
ae 10 cent per quart increase
ehh him by the milk con-

er, February 8 is taking a
S0uging in the marketing of his

Product, just as we, the urban |:

emers, are being gouged at
tT end of the line.

aioe are also convinced that
milk rther rise in the price of
it and milk products will occur
~ Producer and consumer organ-

zations unite on
rogram of
action. suc cee

eed Bortkus, former Vancou-
this € now residing in’ Toronto,

week offered a suggestion to
ah _ Acres, Conservative MLA
Bat Carleton, Ontario, who had

ne ae those. women unable
© pay. 16 cents for a quart, of
aes Should not become mothers.
ve Miss Bortkus: “Since this
do -° he should accept his
ms to be the necessary requi-

responsibiliti
mother.” es and become a

No, 1, have written to Milk

and into the books of the milk distributing companies, to see whether the “present price

Spread is justifiable . . . let alone another increase.”

The womens’ delegation which petitioned the federal

Delegation

view with Finance Minister Abbott for a picture. Back row (left to
right) Mrs. Wheaton; Mrs. Latham; Mrs. Kizema; Mrs. Theodore; Mrs.
Swankey; Mrs. Pharis; Mrs. Davidson; Mrs, Croy (Vancouver); Mrs.
Hart; Mrs. Staples, and Mrs. Mona Morgan. Seated with the minister
is Mrs. Margaret Chumn, spokesman for the group.

government to ‘hold the price line’ and renew sub-
sidies on essential foodstuffs, pauses in its inter-

Housewives are not

‘stumped’ on

The Sun’s ‘Penny Wise’
The P.T., lacking inside contact with whole-

housewives.

what to do

writes’ a useful column for

Salers and retailers, cannot hope to offer its readers com-

Parable information.

Generally her advice is quite budget-

Conscious, but some things she considers bargains don’t

look so cheap to me.

é That exotic vegetable, the avo-
ado pear, for instance, is a lux-

Uury we can afford not to acquire®

a taste for. Apart from the price
—25c each—be advised that one
Medium avocado contains 618 cal-
oe (Remember, those are the

ings that give you the middle-
88e spread ang the spare tire

ae line.) By comparison, 4
anana contains only 100 cal
Ories,

Penny Wise recognizes that the

_ Current butter shortage is really

& dodge on the part of whole-
Salers to get the price up to 65¢
Per lb. (Heaven forbid!) But she
Concludes with “What the con-
Sumer can do about it has got
me stumped.”

She should realize that consum-
€rs, who are chiefly workers and
their families, can do consider-
woke The logical result of a rise
N the cost of living is the de-
Mand by organized labor for a
Taise in pay. Housewives can
fight too, for fair prices by us-
ing’ petitions, | demonstrations,
delegations to Ottawa, and the
buyers’ strike. Consumers, if
United, are by no means help-
less, }

Peanut butter, at the pres-
€nt inflated price, is definitely on
the ‘we do not patronize’ list.
Stin, it is a hard thing to do
Without, especially when packing
lunches without butter. If you
Must buy it, take your own jar,
Cither to that uptown market
Or to the department store with

FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1947

the huge food floor, and get a
pound for 30 cents. If you like
the taste, however, soyhart is
an excellent substitute, contain-
ing about the same nutrition in
protein and fat, and costs 20
cents a pound. It can be used
in cookies, too, just like peanut
butter, without shortening.

The sugar ration has been. in-
creased a bit, but don’t immedi-
ately forget all your sugar-sav-
ing ideas. Wouldn’t you know it?
The price is up too, by a cent
a pound.

Courage, everybody! Ottawa as-
sures us (April 2) that the latest
relaxation of price controls will
boost the cost of living by less
than half of one index point.
That, of course, is too little to
be noticeable. Ask any house-
wife!

Now that bacon is so expen-
sive, you've probably cut it out
of your breakfast menu. Once in
a while, however, half a pound
of it, in bulk with the rind on,
is available at ‘those yellow and
green stores, for a permissible
price—28 cents. If you find some,
use it to brighten up your meat-
less dinners. (I guess most of us
have plenty of those nowadays,
even if Lent is over.) Half a
rasher to a person makes all the
difference on top of an omelette
or a dish of macaroni and
cheese or baked beans — or in
sandwiches.. And don’t forget to

save the dripping.

Victoria NSA. sets fine

pattern for other areas

By NORA .CULHANE

In Victoria, serious work has been done in organizing
nursery school leaders, under the sponsorship of the Nursery
School Association of Victoria, a bursary fund was estab-
lished last year and one student from the University of
British Columbia was chosen and sent to the training school

at Toronto. This year the NSA
has launched an extensive cam-
paign to raise funds for two
bursaries, each of $250, in order
to send two young women from
UBC who have outstanding abili-
ties for the work. :

It is hoped that in the very
near future the university will
establish one or more nursery
schools for the children of stu-
dent vets, on the campus. In that
case all the leaders we have
ready will be more than wel-
come. |

During the past three years we
have worked very hard to edu-
cate the public to the urgent
need for efficiently run nursery
schools, in charge of trained per-
sonnel. Meetings large and small
have been held, lecturers have
been brought from eastern Can-
ada and the United States to
give us the latest information
on these schools. A fair sized
library of books and leaflets has
been collected and films obtain-
ed dealing with nursery schools
in all parts of the world. These
are available to all who are in-
terested. We are also interested

Pirst signs. of spting in Vancouver's famed

Spr ing Stanley Park.

VLC invites women to

plan action

Strong action against the

on prices

removal of price controls by

the Federal government is expected during the next week

by Vancouver housewives and
protest meetings will be held

A special meeting is being call-
ed by the Vancouver Labor Coun-
ceili (CCL), for Wednesday, April
23, 8 p.m., at the Pender Audi-
torium, 339 West Pender Street.
All women’s organizations and
housewives are invited to attend.

The VLC, in a statement de-
clared: “This meeting is being
called to protest the increasing
cost of living, and steps will be
taken to bring pressure on the
federal government, either by &
buyers’ strike, or other means
to compel the .fedral government
to take immediate steps to al-

leviate this situation.”

consumers when several mass
to plan concrete action.

A special meeting of west end
housewives and tenants to take
action specifically on the question
of rental controls was held on
Thursday, April 17, at the West

End Hall, Davie Street. Sponsor-
ed by the West End Neighbor-
hood Council of the Labor-Pro-
gressive Party, the meeting will
be addressed by Maurice Rush,
provincial LPP organizer.

Grandview residents are expec-
ted to turn out to another special
meeting on the prices question
next Tuesday evening.

in any
have.

When Dr. Blatz of Toronto was
visiting us here some time ago
on a tour through Canada and
the United States, he expressed
his delight at the progress made
in Victoria.

The importance of these schools
has been recognized by leaders
in the educational field for some
time, but getting them into op-
eration is a long, hard fight, al-
though progress is being made.
With establishment of pre-primar-
ies by the school board in many
of our public schools and. their
obvious success, despite the scep-
ticism displayed by many who
should have known better, we
are nearer to our goal, the es-
tablishment of a nursery school
and a pre-primary in conjunction
with every public school, under
the direction of the board of ed-
ucation. We will continue to or-
ganize the training of leaders
for the job.

Now, what can you do to help
the cause? Plenty. First you can
make’ it your business to get all
available information on the sub-
ject. Study it, talk it over with
your friends and neighbors. Ar-
range groups and get speakers
who are qualified to talk on the
subject. Then join the nursery
school association. If you have
any information which would be
of value to us, please let us have
it. If you want help or informa-
tion, write to me and I'll give it
to you, or let you know where
you can get it. Remember, our
children will get out of this,
just what we put into it.

information you may

~

Creative arts
on exhibition

Did you know that one hun-
dred and fifty children between
the ages of eight and’ thirteen
voluntarily give up their Satur-
day mornings to spend them
drawing and painting at the Van-
couver Art. Gallery? These
classes are kept running by a
very small yearly government
grant. The children are chosen
for the classes by their teachers
from every school in the city.
The five well qualified teachers
at the gallery aim. to stimulate
ang encourage the creative abil-
ity of the children.

Visit the art gallery between
Saturday, April 5 and April 20,
to see the results of this year’s

|work. The gallery is open from

10 am. to 5 p.m. every day but
Monday, admission is free. You
will be amazed to find so much
ability among the young citi-
zens of our city.

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