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her family
T SHALL always remember my
‘Mother as one who, unlike the
mama” portrayed by Irene
Dunne in the ‘Hollywood movie,
buoying her family up with the
fiction of a make-believe bank
account, taught her family the
Tealities of a worker’s life.

From earliest childhood I re-
Call with deep pride the many
labor struggles in which my
Mother participated — struggles
_ that have made her name, Edna
_ Sheard, familiar to thousands in
the Progressive labor movement
_ 1 this province.

'_ The'savage police attack on the
hunger marchers in 1932 is still
2 vivid memory. We were proud
_ to be a part of the gigantic dem-
°nstration which demanded re-
Nef for thousands of starving
Vancouver citizens.

She aided women .and children,
Made frantic with fear, to take
_Tefuge in doorways, as police
Mounted on horseback suddenly
Charged the marchers, striking
: indiscriminately at unprotected
fads. Never will we forget the
‘Murderous hate on the faces of
“A0se policemen. It was an .im-
_ Portant lesson, for one of the at-
: tacking policemen was the kindly
traffic cop who escorted us at
_ € school crossing.
__ During the Hungry Thirties,
‘™Y mother spent many hours
_ Making Over the drab garments
issued by city relief agencies into
More attractive clothes for her
Wn growing family and the
Neighbors’ children.
_ She was “Mom” to many of the
 Anti-fascist volunteers from this
ity who travelled to Spain to
ht fascism there, and she help-
aa to organize many of the
Socks for Spain” circles that
Worked to provide them with
Comforts, ae
The Battle for. Ballantyne Pier
found my mother in the demon-
‘Stration against the lockout on
the waterfront. Again the attack.
_ 2Y mounted police, the broken
_Aeads, the improvised “Casualty
Clearing station” at the long-
“Shoremen's union hall, with my
Mother helping bandage the
_ Wounded men.
Marching on picket lines during
; ones strike; working in the
: a ue;
~ asain Labor Defense Leag

.

Edna Sheard reared

in struggle

writing and distributing leaflets; —

leading a delegation to the Japan-
ese consulate ‘here to protest the
invasion of Manchuria; organizing
activities of the Women’s Labor
League—all these were just a part
of her activities.

‘During the stirring days of the

unemployed sitdown strike in the
Post Office:and Art Gallery, she
worked tirelessly cooking meals,
washing and mending clothes. Al-
ways in the thick of things, she

nevertheless managed to keep a
home running efficiently, canned,
baked and sewed, and took an ac-
tive interest in her children’s poli-
tical growth. 2s

* * *

HOW TIRELESS is her energy,
how deep-rooted her convictions.
of working class steadfastness
and willingness to make sacrifices.

Until the day of his death she
was a close friend of the late
“Ol Bill” Bennett. She found his
example a source of strength in.
her own work and he in turn had
a great respect for her peoriing

qualities. ¢

Dismissed from job -

British novelist Monica Felton
(above) has been dismissed from
her government job because she
was a member of the Women’s

- International Democratic Federa-
tion’s delegation which recently
toured Korea invesigating Am-
erican atrocities. As leader of the
delegation, Mrs. Nora K. Rodd,
of Canada, said that delegates had
been horror-stricken by wanton
destruction of cities and slaughter
of civilians and intended to use
the facts they had gathered to
strengthen the demand for peace.

Born at Bracebridge, Ontario,
into a family that for three gen-
erations had been a part of the
history and development of Can-
ada, Edna Sheard has lived in
British Columbia for 43 years,
growing up with the province and
becoming part of the struggles
of its people to make it their own
in fact as well as name.

—AGNES JACKSON >

He?

THE YOUNGSTERS ‘are pret-

ty excited these days with only a
-week/ of school before holiday
“time. However very often the an-.

ticipation is more fun than the

actual holiday, for in a week
or two they don’t seem to know

what to do with themselves. No

doubt there are many families who

are unable to get away from the
' city for a holiday and it is a

shame that youngsters have ‘to_
‘miss the experience of camp life
and new surroundings.

A reminder to those who have
children over nine years of age”
is that Jubilee Summer Camp of-
fers youngsters a twelve day holi-
day for only @ dollar a day. The
camp is located on the North —
Arm of Burrard Inlet at Orlomah
Beach. Itisa pleasant spot with
dormitories for boys and girls, a
dining room kitchen, caretaker’s

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Some of you will recall that, in
the fall of 1935 a’ convention of
worker's organizations discussed
the possibilities of a permanent
summer canip for children. In 1986 -
the camp was opened and since

that time has been operated and

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‘Cost of administration of the
camp is kept to a minimum, there

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bers and workers, give of their
time free of charge. ‘Parents can
be assured of careful and skilled
supervision of their children while
at the camp. For further infor-
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> * * ss eas ‘
THE MINISTER of Agriculture
tells us that milk is going to be
in short supply this year, and in
some way reasons that skip-a-day
deliveries may solve the problem.
As usual the public is getting the
old softening up propaganda be-
fore their living Standard is once
again lowered. {I still contend
that the only sensible way to
handle milk distribution is by
making it a public utility as near-
ly happened in the 1930's here,
when women’s organizations pre-

It has been suggested that stores
be allowed to sell milk at a lower

price to overcome the problem, —

but this solves exactly nothing.
There is no earthly, reason why
all consumers should not have
home deliveries at a reasonable
cost, and if private companies
can’t get together and pool their
delivery resources then I say let’s
, make milk distribution a public
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“MOTHER, I’M going to take
a job as a telephone girl,” Joan
told me quite happily, ag we wash-
ed the luncheon dishes.

“Don’t decide until shies talk-
ed it over with Marie,” I answer-
ed. “After all, she has worked
for the BCTelephone in Vancou-
ver and can tell you more about
it. I know the advertisements
look good but somehow I feel
that a company that always has
to keep advertising for help must

have something radically wrong

with it. And you'll find living in
Vancouver a lot more expensive
than living’ here in Parksville.
Anyway, here comes Marie and
you can ask her all about it.”

Marie was my neighbor’s sister
and she was visiting over the
weekend. fee

Joan sniffed. “Oh, mother, you
worry too much. Remember I’m
a big girl now. The wages are
pretty good and I know I'll like
the work. I'll have to borrow some
money from you until I get my
first cheque but then Tll be okay.”

Marie was at the door by’ this

time and Joan turned to greet
her with, “I want to be a tele-
phone operator in Vancouver but
mother doesn’t know if she ap-
proves. Won't you help convince
her?” C :

“Well, Joan, I don’t want to
dampen your enthusiasm,” said
Marie slowly, “but here’s how it
is. Your money won't’ go very
far in town, and telephone oper-
ators’ wages aren’t high. Maybe
my story will help you decide
what to do. ,

wees

a Ce rer es _ “(VE JUST been looking g for a
caretaker — all committee mem-  , ; ; ;

“new room. Of course; ‘I’d love
to have my own flat or apartment,
but it’s out of the question: The
only room I’ve found worth con-
sidering rents for $8 a week. It
has a sink and hot water, but
‘it ison the’top floor and will prob-
ably be as hot as an oven in the
summer. Then, there’s no ice
‘box, which means that a certain
amount of food will spoil. —

“I looked at a lot of rooms;
ranging from $5 a week to $35
a month, for two sharing, but
none of them had sinks, all were

sound fine,

but job itself? Goodbye

upstairs and most had hot plates
for cooking. This means lots of
-delicatessen meals. Last year I .
put $40 a month aside for food
but I never could keep inside that
budget.”

“Joan had better plan for $60,”
I interrupted, “because she has a
healthy appetite. I would like
her to board somewhere, but I
suppose that isn’t possible when
you work all kinds of shifts.”

“That’s right,” agreed Marie.
“You just get $2 per day for the
first three weeks, you know, dur-
ing your training period. The
work is nice but hard on the
: We have the 40-hour
week now but you take your turn
working Sundays, holidays, even-
: ings, ete.

nerves.

“I have averaged $110 a month
this past year, and I’ve missed
very few days work. If you are
ill for any length of time the
employees have a fund that pays
you a very smail amount. Your ~
usual deductions are TEMSA
(Telephone Employees Medical
Service Association) $3, charit-
able donations about 50 cents, un-
employed insurancé $2.08, union
dues $1.25, income tax about $5,
which comes to $12 a month. Add
‘your room at $32 for four weeks
and it leaves you $26 a month on
an average. Out of this comes
clothing, carfare and recreation,
and if you take a trip home you’re
broke for the month.

{

“Then, there ‘is always at least _
one birthday, or wedd Sor
_ shower gift a month to be bought,
and if you have to pay carfare
at a dime a trip; it can run as
high as $5.40 a month travelling
to and from work alone — and
more on split shifts. So, Joan,
don’t plan on saving enough
money working for the BCTtele-
phone to finance those trips to
far-away places that you've al-
ways dreamed about.”

Joan looked thoughtful, but
didn’t say anything. Somehow, I
don’t think she is going to be-

_ come a telephone girl.—y.D.

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