% pe. CHILD CARE Help them -- understand EVERY ONCE in awhile I be- come involved in discussions with Progressive parents on whetuer it is wise to tell their children their views on world events, politics, so- ciety in general. The arguments against this usually take this form: (1) The child has to live and play in our Society and there is no use mak- ing it harder by making him aware of the conflicts within it. (2) When he is old enough, he'll make up his own mind; (3) He is too young to understand, The first point is no argument at all. Only an ostrich can believe that any child, exposed to press and radio, can get much beyond Seven or eight without becoming aware of the conflicts. While he will make up his mind as he attains maturity, it is up to Parents to help him understand the issues as they see them, so that he will have a chance to Make up his mind. He is constant- ly being influenced by the think- ing of his teachers, his playmates ‘and their parents, the man that writes his comic books, the con- ception of history as it appears in his schoolbooks, the movies, etc. If he never gets any inkling of what his parents think, we, can as- Sume he will regard all he sees and hears as the truth, and by the time the parents get around to explaining their views he may no longer trust their judgment. Children like to feel they can come to their parents with any Problem and be given a truthful answer—truthful as the parent ‘Sees it. If you cannot give your child an explanation, you must re- - Sort to lies or evasions. This is un- fair to the child, who has a right to the truth. * * * IN HUNDREDS OF other areas: Parents give explanations and are rarely concerned with whether they meet with the complete ap- Proval of neighbors, friends, ete. Why balk here? Children cannot grow in a Void; the issues are constantly be- fore them and they are bound to have questions, be they on sex, clothes, politics, or science, they are going to get answers, An.un- Satisfactory reply like, “You'll un- ~ derstand when you're older,” will not stop the questions, but it will stop them from being asked at home. Simply told, in terms they un- derstand, there are very few ideas ® child doesn’t grasp, and it’s tre- ™Mendously thrilling to watch, these ideas being applied in their child- ae experiences VERA MOR- : FINE CUSTOM TAILGRING ‘Our 68 of life’ Mrs. Lucille Challifioux turns sobbing from the camera after putting this sign in front of her home. She and her husband, job- less and facing eviction, can no longer feed and shelter their four children, ranging in age from two to six. WOMEN OF FINLAND ‘Peace--our firsthope’ ASKED WHAT SHE CONSIDERED the most vital question facing post-war Finland, a worker’s wife in Helsinki replied simply, “Peace. That is my first hope. Never to see my husband and sons go to war to kill other innocent THIS IS THE TIME of the year when parents begin to wish it was time for school to reopen so that Junior might get out from under foot for five minutes and keep his busy little fingers out of the blackberry jelly put out to set before being stored away in the basement until winter. It’s a good idea to put up as much jam and jelly as you can ~ this year. Prices are already too high for most of us, but there’s a likelihood that they'll go even higher, what with losses caused by the floods in the Fraser Valley and damage done to fruit crops elsewhere in the province. _ Premier Johnson declares that there were too many raspberries, anyway. Few of us have been able to say that, this or any other year, We've been trying to train for the inevitable back alley, biack- berry rush, but it’s a losing bat- tle. Even the bees can’t compete with the hordes of kids who get there fustest for the mostest. * * * MY GROCER ADMITS that the sale of vegetables is at an all- time low these days. Every one, he says ruefully, seems to be Pro- ducing his own green stuff, finding it easier to combat cut worms, cabbage moths and a myriad other pests than the human para- sites who are profiteering at our pers managed to save our- gelves a few dollars, all of which and more has been absorbed by the rising price of staples—meat, milk, butter and egss—we city PR aaa aS HIGHEST PRICES PAID for , OLD GOLD PIAMONTS Jewellery ae STAR LOAN CO. Ltd. ; EST. 1905 ~ 719 Robson St. — MAr. 262? — Se I ee er ALWAYS MEET AT THE PENDER AUDITORIUM Renovated—Modernized—Hall Large and Small for Every Need Excellent Acoustics DANCING—CONVENTIO: Triple Mike P.A. System — Wire Gs a for Broadcasting 339 West Pender Street STANTON BARRISTERS, Vancouver Office 501 Holden Building 16 East Hastings Street } MArine 5746 SOLICITORS, & MUNRO NOTARIES Nanaimo Office Room 2, Palace Building ’ Skinner Street 1780 folk can’t produce for ourselves. We do get our eggs from a neigh- bor who sells them 20 cents a dozen below the going price, but then, as she says, poultry farmers never did get the big profits, even in times like these—they just take the big losses, as in the depression years. 3 ; * * * LITTLE JOHN isn’t too happy these days. He needs to have his tonsils out. Our doctor says the operation can be done at any time now, but naturally we'd like to wait until the provincia] hospi- tal insurance scheme comes into effect so that we can save at least part of the cost we'll be paying for anyway. However, I’m wondering how long it will take to get a bed be- cause I hear of so many people who are holding out until January | to have a long-deferred done, , Hospital insurance is a slick piece of work, typical of the Coal- ition government. It endeavers to head off the pubile clamor for health insurance, increased over the past few months by the fail- operation ‘ure of several private schemes, without making any provision for doctors’ and dentists’ bills, which are the major item. It skirts the opposition of the most powerful sections of the medical profession that are opposed to ‘government health insurance. And it solves the problem of hospital deficits, caus- ed by the inability of so many people to pay their hospital bills, by making the general public pay on the instalment plan, thereby - eliminating the need for govern- ment assistance. It is certainly no _ substitute for health insurance but it can be used to win a com- prehensive health insurance scheme.—B.G._ Castle Jewelers . Next to Castle Hotel 752 Granville MA, 8711 A. Smith, Mer. Watchmaker, Jewellers $ Witten ee 4 people.” That is the hope that binds to- gether millions of men and women all over the world. The women of Finland know what war means. When the guns are silent the fruits of war remain for decades after, in shattered minds, bodies and lives, poverty and suffering. Twice in the last ten years Fin- land’s warmongers under the lead- ership of “Butcher” Mannerheim and ex-President Risto Ryti be- trayed their country into war with the Soviet Union under the lie of “fighting communism”, Ter- ror was used against all who stood for peace. _ Today Ryti is serving a 10-year sentence for war guilt. Manner- heim left the country—officiaily for reasons of “his health’’—soon after hostilities ended. Today the people are glad to live in friend- ship with their great neighbor. But the women of Finland know that reaction is far from dead. They know that the desire for peace is not enough, The remnants of fascism must be relentlessly fought. Typical of this spirit of deter- mination is Aili Nordgren who be- sides being active in the labor movement writes books and keeps house for her husband .and four children. “It is hard work — naturally. But it is just that which drives me on, Had I those things I need I would not be engaged in poli- tics.. My children’s future and, through them all children’s fu- ture, and what world will they live in, is the reason for my ac- tivity.” : * * = THE VERY FORCES which helped to bring about the war are today striving to block all pro- gressive measures designed to ease the burden of those who suf- fered most in the war. They were successful in defeating a proposal by the People’s Democratic Party to allocate five million marks_ (about $20,000) to introduce run- ning water in isolated farming communities. The women’s page in the Peo- ple’s _Democratic Party paper Ny Tid (New Time) indicates the great part played by women in the new democratic organizations of people who have enjoyed free- dom of organizing only since the war. Around the program of Fin> land’s Democratic Women’s Or- ganization is centered the fight for equal pay for equal work, day nurseries, abolition of “poor houses” and the introduction of cld age pensions, health insur- ance, equal educational opPortun- ities for youth, a “tax the rich” program and a national housing scheme. They are justifiably proud of the fact that they were the first women in the world to win the vote over 40 years ago. Today they are represented in the cab- inet. But their eyes are turned to the future for further gains. “No actual equality exists,” says one woman writer in the paper, “as long as women occupy an inferior position in the econ- omic field.” od In a leading article entitled, “Politics Concern Us”, Christina von Gerich, woman candidate in the recent elections, warned: “It would be a mistake to say that women should limit their in- terest in politics to the so-called ‘woman question’ or social reform. Quite the contrary. All political questions concern us women as much as men .. . important econ- omic questions like crises and un- employment which directly affect the home affect us. It is after all such questions which determine what we have to put on the table and how we can clothe our fam- ilies and ourselves. The most im- portant issue is this: whether we shall continue along the path of peaceful democratic development in our country or whether these political adventurists who have al- ready drawn our country into countless disasters shall again en- danger our future.” Yes. For all the mothers and wives the world over—that is in- deed the question. — BRITA MICKLEBURGH. Se aa PORT ALBERNI DIRECTORY GOOD EATS CAFE “Where working people meet” New Props. Kay & Margaret 24 HOUR SERVICE UNION TAXI Phone 137 Frank Harris, ist & Argyle R. D. TASSIE CHIROPRACTOR 117-Ist Ave. South ISLAND TAILORS Ladies & + Gents Tailors Suits Lowest Price in Town : M. Yesowick, Manager _ 103-Ist Ave. North. SOMAS 3 LTD. = WOOD — SAWDUST — COAL For all your fuel supplies : PACIFIC 9588 st Phone 1187 — McGregor Block 119 EAST Jack Cooney, Mer. FERRY MEAT MARKET Vancouver, B.C. : FREE DELIVERY ; Supplying Fishing Boats HASTINGS Nite Calls PACIFIC TRIBUNE—AUGUST 20, 1948—PAGE 11 DISTRIBUTORS | _