MILK BOARD HEARING

Consumer groups united
in opposing milk boost

CONSUMER groups formed a
Solid bloc at the recent Milk
Board hearings, in opposing all
Proposals for an increase in the
W-cent price of milk to consum-
ers. They also associated them-
‘selves with the farmers in sup-
Porting their stand for a larger
Share of the present price. .

A united stand was taken
against the (distwibutors whose
Methods of distribution, all were
agreed, are “inefficient and un-
€conomical.”

“This ig an issue that cuts

across all political views,” said
Alderman Sprott in her presen-
tation to the Board. Delegations
from. the.Congress of Canadian
Women, Local Council of Women,
Canadian Association of Consum-
ers, CCF Women’s Council, found
their briefs had a striking simil-
arity.

This unity, carried into the fight
against increasing prices of other
staple foods, can result in, the
federal. government being forced
to adopt a new ‘prices policy.

_ CAMPAIGN ONLY BEGINNING’

| Women's Congress leads
drive on high prices

“OUR presentation on prices to
Vancouver City Council and our
brief to the Milk Board are only
the beginning in our campaign
ee ‘Stop profiteering and bring
down prices,” “said Mrs. Jean
Waugh, secretary of the Congress
°f Canadian Women, this week.

“Every person you talk to is
©oncerned about the way com-
_ Panies are taking advantage of
the present ‘emergency’ to raise
Prices and create artificial short-

8. We are calling on all or-
8anizations and individuals to
‘Send protests to the federal gov-

“ment and to urge city and
‘Municipal councils into action on
this vital matter.”

“Chapters of the Congress of
Canadian Women have been es-
tablished in every district in the
city. From all of them come re-

ports of proposals for further ac-

tion. Many are discussing boy-
cotts, further delegations, leaf-
lets and other means of organiz-
ing public opinion to protest the
unwarranted increases in prices.”

All interested in joining the
Congress of Canadian Women in
their district are urged to phone
Mrs. Waugh at DExter 3171Y¥ to
obtain the name and address’ of
the local chapter nearest to their

homes.

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WOMEN’S BRIGADE

Canvass plants
with petition

WITH industrial plants as their
target, a ‘group of ‘Vancouver
women have formed a shock bri-
gade to get signatures on the
world peace petition. “We intend
to cover as many plants’ as pos-
sible during the next six weeks,”
said Mrs. Judy Powers, a mem-
ber of the group. “We feel work-
ers on the job are quite conscious
of the need to outlaw atomic wea-
pons and declare a war criminal

the first government that uses
them, The response on Granville
Island where we canvassed re-
cently, showed us that workers
are aware of the war danger and
find the peace petition a positive
way of expressing their desire for
peace.

“Sawmills, factories, anywhere
the shock bri-
gade will be there with the pe-
titions at lunch hours, quitting
time and starting time too, if
necessary,” Mrs. Power said. “If
any women want to join us in
this work we'll be glad to have
them. All they have to do is phone
me at FAirmont 7642R and be
ready for a call.”

The Congress” of Canadian
Women initiated the shock bri-
gade and the idea is finding a
ready response among its mem-
bers. However, it is not limited
to members of the Congress, and
anyone interested may partici-

pate.

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Specializing in
Sweet and Sour Rye Breads
342 E, HASTINGS ST.
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WELL, IT’s finally happened.
The first atom bomb shelter has
been constructed for a Vancou-
ver family, complete with lead
lining and 32-inch walls—in the
swank South Granville district,
naturally. For those able to af-
ford it, this modern convenience
may be all right. As for the rest
of us who have difficulty main-
taining a roof over our heads at
any time, we’re supposed to fol-
low the instructions of the daily

press and curl up backside to the
atom blast-and remain that way
for ten seconds. Either that, or
face the fact that there is no real
defense against the atom bomb
and get busy in the campaign to
ban it.

little taken aback when the reply
shot back: “Ten dollars a day—
and I'm earning ten dollars today,
too. How much are you getting
today?” Counsel refused te an-

swer.

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DO YOU have a hidden drawer
or cupboard bulging with mend-
ing you never have time to do?
I've just heard of a most satis-
factory way of getting all those
socks darned and patches made.

A group of mothers got to-
gether at one of their homes
where there was an electric sew-
ing machine. Someone else had
an attachment for the machine
which makes short work of
darning socks, and with tongues
going as quickly as the needles,
the afternoon went by in no time
and all the work was completed.
Those who wanted socks darned
paid ten cents a darn, and in this
Way a few dollars was raised for
a good cause,

The “men who know” may tell
us that the bomb is nothing to
get excited about, but to quote a
chap riding home in the bus from
work, “I wouldn’t mind if the
guys who intend to make a profit
out of another war got it, but
after going through five years of
the last war I sure as heck don’t
intend to hang around long
enough to find out what the atom
bomb is like.”

It seems to me that this idea
could be worked in almost any
neighborhood, for after all it is
much easier to do things together
in a sociable atmosphere.—B.G.

After months of telling us about
what America’s super-weapons
used against others can do, the
daily papers now try to convince
‘us that these same weapons used
against us aren’t so destructive
after all,

GARDEN PARTY

Women fo send
peace delegate

THROUGHOUT the country,
women are raising funds to send
a delegate from the Congress of
Canadian Women to the World
Peace Congress in October. In
Vancouver, the Congress is spon-
soring a garden party at 127 West
2ist Avenue on Thursday,: Aug-
ust 31, at 2 p.m., to raise its share
of the fund.

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I DECIDED TO attend the Milk
Board hearings last week, so
Katy, little John and I went down
to the Medical-Dental Building
where we met many other
mothers both from the city and
the Fraser Valley and all equally
concerned about the same thing
—the need for more money to
keep our families alive. The place
was packed with three or four
hundred people and so hot and
stuffy that it was impossible to
keep youngsters there for any
length of time.

Home cooking, afternoon tea,
entertainment, teacup reading
and many other novelties, will
be featured during the afternoon.

As this is a city-wide affair,
Congress members and friends
from all parts of the city will
participate. Considerable enthus-
jasm has been aroused by the
announcement that the Congress
of Canadian Women will be send-
ing a‘delegate to the World Peace
Congress, and local members are
confident the garden party will
reflect this enthusiasm.

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To make matters worse it was
nearly impossible to hear what
was going on during the first day.
However, later in the afternoon
a public address system was set
up and greeted with applause.
E. C. Carr, our one-man Milk
Board, immediately admonished
the audience, stating that there
would be no demonstrations at
the hearing, losing sight of the
fact that the packed hall was a
demonstration in itself. 4

Following presentation of the
farmers’ brief, counsel for the
dairy distributors started ques-

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