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Items of Interest To
Labor In Capsule Form

Ford Lay-offs Planned
WINDSOR—The Ford Motor Co. confirmed a statement by
Charles McDonald, President of Windsor Local 200 of the United |
Auto Workers, that it planned lay-offs at its Oakville assembly
plant and also at its Windsor plant.

O.F.L. Gas Report
TORONTO—A report prepared by the Ontario Federation of
Labor (CIO-CCL) research department and presented to the To-
ronto and Lakeshore Labor Council, called for the public-ownership
and operation of natural gas pipelines and municipal ownership and
operation of the gas distribution system.

American Unions Merge

ATLANTIC CITY—Three Congress of Industrial Organizations
unions, operating in the distributive field, have merged to form a
140,000-member union. The 70,000-member RWDSU, 50,000-member
DPOWA and 20,000-member PJNWIU were reorganized into one”
big union, < z

Divorce Resolution Presented

OTTAWA—Stanley Knowles (CCF Winnipeg North Centre)
placed a resolution on the Commons paper seeking to have the re-
sponsibility of handling divorce cases of Newfoundland and Quebec
eesidents transferred from Parliament to the Exchequer Court of
Canada,

Unemployment Halt Demanded

OTTAWA—Cahada cannot afford to delay any longer to deal ;
with the problems of an economic recession that are affecting so
many of the Canadian people, CCF Leader M. J. Coldwell said dur-
ing a recent CBC “Nation’s Business” broadca: Only by sound
economic planning can these problems be remedied. We called on
the government to implement certain measures to halt further
unemployment,

New Political Arm
QUEBEC—A strong accent on poltical action highlighted the
discussions at the second annual conyention of the Quebec Federa-
tion of Industrial Unions (CCL) held at Champigny near here re-
cently. Secretary Romeo Mathieu suggested the formation of a
political arm patterned after the CCF but with “a distinct Quebec
character”.

U.I.C. Claimants Swell
OTTAWA — A delegation representing 17 Niagara District
municipalities told cabinet ministers that of 32,000 insurable per-
sons registered at St. Catherines, 3,085 were active claimants for
benefits at May 1, compared with 824 a year previous, and without
any change in the number insurable.

Instalment Buyers In Red
OTTAWA—Canadians who buy on the instalment system, came
out of 1953 a further $696,663,000 in the red than they had been one
year earlier, according to the Dominion Bureau of Statistics.

Ramadier Elected President
GENEVA—M. Paul Ramadier, one time Premier of France, was
unanimously elected President of the 1954 conference of the Interna-
tional Labor Organization meeting here. He is 66 years of age and

has been a Deputy of the French Parliament since 1919.

New Labor Bill

OTTAWA—A Bill proposed in Parliament by Stanley Knowles
(CCF Wininpeg North Centre) aims at giving trade unions the
right of launching a prosecution for violation of labor laws.

Bill Called Inadequate
OTTAWA—A Bill to provide allowances of $40 a month for
the totally and permanently disabled was welcomed by members
of all parties when it was introduced in the Commons. The amount
was termed inadequate by the CCF and the qualifying conditions
also came in for criticism.

Wheat Price Effects All
OTTAWA—The drastic reduction in the price of wheat will
affect every Canadian in terms of the unemployment which it will
bring about, Donald MacDonald, Secretary-treasurer of the Cana-
dian Congress of Labor, stated, following the announcement by the
Canadian Wheat Board of a 10'%-cent cut in the price per bushel
for No. 1 Northern wheat,

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“Health Scheme Urgent”

. TORONTO (CPA)—One of Canada’s top social welfare | compared with Great Britain or
workers stressed the need for a national health scheme! even the U.S., Canada, had noth-
and the payment of sickness insurance in an address to the ! ing that could really be described
Canadian Conference of Social Work held at the Roya]! as a social security system. Leg-
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of wages due to sickness and
“except in a few provinces, no
public provision to assist fami-
lies with the cost of medical and
hospital care.” |

He suggested that sickness in-
surance payments be Coats
ed with the unemployment in- |
surance scheme as was the case |
in the U.S. and Great Britain. In |
Canada a step in this direction |
had already been taken by the |
provision for unemployed per-
sons who become ill to continue
drawing benefits. The loss of |
working time due to illness, said |
Mr. Davis, was even greater than |
that for which unemployment in- |
eereeneneriseveremacidl cut
each year.

Health Care
The CWC Director stated that }

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generally agreed that inability to
pay should not deprive people of
needed care. Also, it was obvious
that the system of direct pay-
ment by individuals for care was
“breaking down because of the |
relatively high costs involved in
modern treatment”. |
Mr, Davis predicted that dif- |
ferences of opinion on methods
of paying for health care repre-
sented “a passing phase, as it
has proved in countries like Eng-
land and Scandinavia” where na-
tional health schemes are no
operation,
Government Action
A debate would doubtless con-
tinue on the respective roles that
private and public organizations
would play in providing health
care for all, said Mr. Davis.
“There seems little doubt, ho
ever, that the major reliance will
be on government action. One
reason for this is the sheer size |
and eost of the undertaking. |
But another is that in a mat-
ter so vital to the national inter-
est as is the health of the Cana-
dian people, governments cannot
leave ultimate decisions on pub-
lic policy to private groups,
fessional or otherwise, which,

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