THE B.C. LUMBER a BS LS

Page Three

Monday, March 26th, 1945

Family Allowance Act Important

As Step Towards Social Security

" Registration for. family al-
ils ae will begin in eae
adi arch %
pa, Sa aS under she Family
Allowances Act will be facie

Welf. ith
implementing oe

nthly
will range igs ‘ive PES Bight
Dollars according to the a
of the children registered and
will reduc families

it
Peeication Paul Marti
liamentary assistant to the min-

ister of labor said:

“No one in his good sense to-

000 as compared with about he
000 at the beginning of the

In my opinion that is a pia
thing not only for he plies
but for Canada. As 1

have an informed aaa Sen
movement as me ua i ee

the i eapebeas thero
need ne ae fear on ie part o! of
labor of the system me
allowances being used as

first

bay @
WHERE Sin cio’s

ie i
PAC:
THE CASE FOR SOCIAL SECURITY * @rom a Statement by CIO-PAC Chairman, ee Hillman)
[oe croeac action i the idea labor must join
CANADIAN WAGE-EARNERS RECEIVE ith progressive elecents to fight for national and
; ternational peat for the people. Briefly, it for:
EARNING LESS THAN GRARER % a ory over our enemies and all our effort to attain
$450 A YEAR 3%) that wieto
KERR RR The. establishment of a foreign policy which will assure us
$450— $019 @0%) a lasting pea
8. A reconversion program which will a: e full employment
$950 — $1949” RERRAR 0%) at fair wages as well as the protection of the Peoples nes
* 4. Comprehensive plannii Works in a full-
$1950 — $2949 § 6%) employment program and to assure nationally needed projects in
f flood control, soil conservation, pet - ctrification.
5 rogram to assure the fair income.
OVER $2850 f @ 6. Protectii the small pusisenaen against monopolies.

our obligati

3» but
emsel aves i in peacetim

GAINFULLY OCCUPIED
(45 MILLION — 1941)
SINGLE R
MARRIED—NO CHILDREN
UNDER 16
MARRIED—ONLY ONE
CHILD UNDER 16.

MARRIED—MORE THAN ONE
CHILD UNDER 16

GACH SYMBOL = 10% OF
GAINFULLY OCCUFIED)

(6% OF ALL CHILDREN UNDER 16

>
<2

THE HEED FOR FAMILY ALLOWANCES

CHILDREN UNDER 16
GA wILLION— 19)

RRR
ea et

f &
RRR BRRARI

ARE DEPENDENT ON 19% OF THE

GAINFULLY OCCUPIED

coe 2.
ces will be

lowans epee on
we “owing pane:

a form
can Auta ane at the eat ont i

under
cent of the

Chil
cstga five alas] 5
tare

ution. nae poms $200,000, 000 “will

16 are dependent. ae 19 per]

ada’s economy
Brooke tea mi

| fare, “perhaps the greatest sin- ing
mn} gle legislative device to prevent
because of| P*

another depre:

among people who
it?

children from 13 to 15, eight dol-

lars a mont

The allowances are reduced
after the fourth child on the as.
sumption that clothing, school
books and other ment can

social security system as ade a
tection of sactietis
e Seg cae ality of oppo!

and the eradica’ of racial discrimination.

To attain ine objectives, we will work through educational
and political actio

This leads Re one inevitable ona ae will Lats nothing

of a thir

rtunity to all our people,

lo the creation or foste: 'd party on the na~
tional scene. During the en cemoai we = demonatated aes we
are not encouraging such We jorted a any
ze ts and we hel; an a ge ny Demo ™ We

Bi others. Quite clearly, we eae pace judge candidates o1

fought bitterly against any candidate with a Nas labor

ttempt

oe pestanee we are convinced that labor-baiters i publie

office is undesirable for all the people. We fought fiat oe as Sheet

against isolationists, and for the same reasons. But lid not
Ives exclusively with either beneneeaie: or did we at

to create a third or I: irty. In i i

Thai e shall i to do.

purchasing power
can best use| time,

AC has many friends now. We won our friends by demonstrat-
our Eeod will, our lack of secrecy, and the effectiveness of o1
s a consequence of ie Eons the people in America 2S
and liberal factions are closer
ough its many planned activities,
audience eens edueational programs. In
against reaction and a

sy

‘United Fishermen And Cannery Workers Arealgamate, ©

Pie OUVE! — Orgai

ized tee in the “th and can-
nery industry took another step| ©
forwar is week when a mer-

rer was ¢

inery Workers, was elected
agent.

Renewal of the ences
Kee wae to th Beit

Endorse Morgan As Labor Candidate In Comox-Alberni

eee that the war on the contin-
is ne it its peak and the

least loss

legislat lative action

individually Y eee ue? "te pale S

of his own

ith the union’s poli

porter of the trade union move-|ing and cannery industries, ma‘
ment and of labor’s eee

In such or| tion,

or her ans to
icy. mai

he convention demanded full

pensation co’ ge for all
those employe the fishing in-
dustry, r it to the Joint

it ‘Labor
be set up under ee Faas, ss
yr-| Labor Minister G Pearso!

bs The conyention ies the ap-

en Rolie ae ses Coxerumien

Labor vit
ter King noted Sait hae he been auaise

maging the ap “appointment Petra

ig MP. for

raacaie)

Comox Aibersi, to TD the insurance along th
th

es,
Among some of the senerall cated by Trades and Labor
resolutions was one dealing with} Congress at its convention last
fall w: ce approved by the
convention, along with demands
ening. | for increased old age pensions at
d of m and 60 for

met
b-| women and the need for estab-
lishing a hospital at Rivers’ Inlet
lons| to care for the large m ees) of
native and white fisherm