Home “ Women’s Activities “& Family le WOMEN IN INDUSTRY Few jobs for 3,000 seek work in city Where’s Rosie the Riveter? Two years ago as airplane, plants closed down and shipyards tapered off production this! . But few except those women j. who acquired a new understanding of their role and rights question was on everyone’s lips LIVING COSTS UE asks for price control “Further proof that the emerg- ency session of parliament in De- cember must restore price con- trols and subsidies” is how the United Electrical Workers’ Union -(UE-CIO) views the September rise of 2.8 points to 142.2 in the Cost of Living Index. ‘The UE points out that full impact on low income families of the 71.3 rise in foodstuffs Prices since 1939 is not reflected in the overall index, since food costs represent a larger propor- tion of the budget in these homes. “Under this pressure and with the projected increase in the price of milk the Cost of Living Index will undoubtedly go higher than the figure of 145 forecast by Fi- nance Minister Abbott for the end of this year,” the union states. SALLY BOWES Let Me Solve Your INCOME TAX PROBLEMS Room 2 — 9 E. Hastings MA. 9965 ZENITH CAFE 105 E. Hastings | Vancouver women as through union membership were concerned about Rosie’s future. If war industries were no longer able to provide Rosie with an op- portunity to practice her new skill, she could still take her pick of jobs in offices and light- er industries. Today, in British Columbia at least, Rosie lacks even this choice. In fact, she’s lucky to have a job at all. Whatever the employ- ment situation elsewhere in the country, there are less than 500 jobs for women listed with Na- tional Employment Service in Van- couver. And there are 3,000 women looking for work. Up to two or three months ago there were still vacancies for sec- retaries, stenographers, bookkeep- ers and saleswomen. Now, if Rosie has gone back to her -typewriter, she'll find herself one of some 500 women and girls trying for the less than 50 openings listed at Nationah Employment Service last week. Maybe Rosie had an idea when she quit her shipyard job that she would be glad to exchange lier riveting gun for a frying pan. But the Hon. Douglas Abbott has fixed that. The way living costs have been going up since price controls were removed, pretty soon there'll be nothing to put in the frying pan unless Rosie goes back to work to bolster the family in- come. ; Rosie doesn’t mind keeping house, much as she resents de- nial of her right to work in in- dustry, but she doesn’t want house work, the only occupation where there are more jobs than appli- ts. ar in all, Rosie’s future doesn’t look too bright. By this time she’s probably thinking back to her| union days in war industry and thinking it’s time to put the ex- perience she gained to good use. 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Nursery school These tots are standing out- Side the United Nations nursery school, set up by their parents exclusively for Children of UN delegates and staff members. for these kids “one world” is already a reality. CLOTHING Knitwear ideal for children Knitwear deserves greater use in children’s readymade clothing, says Clarice Scott, clothing spe- cialist of the U.S. department of agriculture. Miss Scott finds that knitwear has many advantages garments. Its elasticity makes it of freedom of action without bulk. Its insulating properties offer ex- tra warmth in winter, yet be- cause it is porous, cotton knit- wear is comfortable also for sum- mer wear. It is easy to wash and requires no ironing—a boon to mothers, Because many kinds of knit fabric are less expensive to manufacture than woven fabric, their use.should reduce the cost of children’s garments. © Knitwear has improved‘in dur- ability in recent years since run- proof knits have been’ developed. No longer do small. breaks. or tears lead to runs—and the mend- Miss Scott suggests that knit- wear is suitable for infants’ wear, rompers, night clothes, small boys’ suits, helmets. OUR EDUCATIONAL I was thinking the other day of school children comin a couple of blocks away. I enough to be returning from school after dark I should be very anxious about her safety after hearing and reading about the cases of degenerates attacking school child- ren. As it is, Vancouver School Board, confronted with a greatly increased enrolment of 6-year-olds falls back too readily on the doubling-up arrangement instead of conduct- ing a vigorous campaign for emer gency construction now. * * * I WISH some of our “weighty” citizens could study a country where children are given every opportunity to develop and learn in a happy, constructive fashion. The Soviet Union recognizes the fact that every child has the right to all the education he de- sires. Till the age of seven, the education and character training of the Soviet children is done in nurseries and kindergartens. From the age of seven to ten, they are taught in the elementary schools and up to the age of fourteen they attend a junior school. - At this point they are given a choice of going on to senior school for three years, of going in for the professions or taking a job. There is no question of either inability to continue studies for lack of funds or of not finding employ- ment when the training period is completed. Soviet children are taught in their own mother tongue—the Soviets had to give alphabets. to several backward peoples—but the courses are the same everywhere. Painting, dancing, music, form a regular part of every curriculum. Most attractive period perhaps is the time set aside for “games and exercises, Every little tot has to spend a substantial part of his day in the open, playing or just frisking about. Mora smal A proper balance is struck be- tween home and school life, with public | training complementing domestic upbringing. Educational and psychological experts even in this country agree that it is much better for both mother and chil@ if they are separated for a. period each day. .I wager there are not the thousands of misfits jand de- generates in society in. the Soviet Union such as we find here— GG. system is terribly inadequate, as I watched the second shift g home from the elementary school know if little Katy were old — PATTERN FEATURE Maclnnis promises to seek controls Angus MacInnis, CCF member for Vancouver East, assured a delegation of women from Vancouver. , LPP. . Neighborh ‘Council last week that he w support the campaign for restora- tion of price controls when par- lament reopens next month. ‘ Headed by Mrs. Effie Jones, the delegation sought MacInnis’s back- ing: fora number of demands, most important of which were restora- tion. of :price -ecdntrols, return of subsidies::and.im- particular the milk subsidy; and. a low-rent hous- fing: project.:.3:5 3... 4 - : First Time i Wistowe =k Grand Russian Concert In the Club Sirocco | 1087 View Street « — as ae : SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 30 at 8.00 p.m. Doors Open at 7.30 : talented artists Proceeds in aid of Sponsered by the Victoria Branch of Russian-Canadians BIG PROGRAM; CHOIR, SOLOS, DUETS, ‘DANCING iy : : of the Vancouver Branch, Federation of Russian-Canadians of the ‘Federation Soviet war orphans PACIFIC TRIBUNE—PAGE 7 __