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LONDON — A new social security plan aimed at “the
abolition of the poverty that exists in the midst of plenty”
has been published by the Labour Party under the title “New

Frontiers for Social Security.”

It has been designed to aid
the unemployed, the sick, the
old and widows, many of
whom are suffering hardship
even in our so-called “afflu-
ent society” because low and
fixed social security benefits
lag way behind when prices
rise,

Contributions and benefits
under the scheme would be
graduated according to earn-
ings, instead of both being at
the same flat rates for all as
at present.

A person earning the na-
tional average wage (at pres-
ent nearly $50 a week) would

receive unemployment and
sickness benefit equal to half
his earnings, while those at
the bottom of the scale would
get about 65 per cent of their
earnings and those at the top
45 per cent. This benefit
would be-paid for a year and
thereafter according to need.

Retirement pension would
also amount to half pay for a
person earning the national
average wage, with 65 per
cent for those at the bottom
of the scale and 45 for those
at the top. This would come
into operation about seven
years after the introduction

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of the scheme, and arrange-
ments would be made to
cover existing pensioners or
those caught in transitory
stages.

Widows would get a flat
rate pension and half of the
husband’s normal earnings
(subject to an upper limit)
for six months. After this
they would receive a flat rate
benefit plus half what the
husband would have been en-
titled to as pension at 65.
Widows would not be dis-
qualified for pensions by go-
ing out to work.

Included in the scheme
would be those earnings up
to three or four times the na-
tional average, which would

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BOUR PLANS ABOLITION OF POVERTY

be $144 to $192 a week at
present.

Increased contribution
rates could be unpopular
with the higher paid manual
workers and the lower middle
classes, many of whom have
hire purchase, house mort-
gage and other commitments
up to a high level. Many in
these groups also live right
up to the limit of their income
in the struggle to “keep up
with the Joneses.” This
scheme could be a vote loser
where these groups are con-
cerned.

The Labour Party has also
pointed out that to avoid in-
flation workers would have to
refrain from demanding wage
increases to cover the in-
creased contributions, and
employers would have to re-
frain from putting up prices
to cover their contributions.

Contributions to be paid by
employers and the Govern-
ment would also be directly

related to workers’ earnings. .

Employers will have to pay
more than they do at present,
but not so much as some em-
ployers in other European

countries.

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SICK LIST

KING’S DAUGHTERS

Sisters Alberta Wright and Mrs.
Bernice Creelman of the LA of Local
1-80, IWA, visited the following
patients in the King’s Daughters
Hospital May 1st, distributing candy,
cigarettes and copies of the Western
Canadian Lumber Worker.

Malkeet Sangha, Mesachie Lake;
Mr. Bill Scott, Youbou; Mr. V. J.
Petras, Chemainus; Mr. S. Trepa-
nier, Camp 3; Mr. P. B. Grant,
Maple Bay; Mrs. Margaret Heppelle,
Duncan; Mrs. !da Amundson; Mrs.
Jean E,. Sheaff, Lake Cowichan; Mrs.
Rita Foucher, Duncan; Mrs. Fride-
ius Vool, Honeymoon Bay; Mrs. C.
Neville, Youbou; Mrs. S. Dame, Dun-
can; Mrs. Edna R. Smith, Lake
Cowichan; Mrs. Edith Seed, Youbou;
Mrs. L. Evans, Duncan; Mrs, W.
Chester, Duncan.

KING’S DAUGHTERS

Sisters Pastor, Clements and Price
of the LA of Local 1-80, IWA, visited
the following patients in the King’s
Daughters Hospital April 17, distrib-
uting candy, cigarettes and copies of
the Western Canadian Lumber Work-
er.

Mrs. Erna Berre, Crofton; Mrs. W..
Hietta, Youbou; Mr. Fred Usselman,
Caycuse Beach; Mr. Wm. Gibson,
Duncan; Gurmeh Singh, Duncan; Mr.
J. Sheaff, Lake Cowichan; Mrs. Mare
Nicholls, Duncan; Mrs. George Samp-
son, Duncan; Mrs. Goldie Munn, Lake
Cowichan; Mrs. Le Fleur, Mesachie
Lake; Miss Edith Seed, Youbou;
Mrs. Harry Smith, Lake Cowichan;
Miss Gail Jack, Duncan; Mrs. With,
Lake Cowichan; Mrs. B: Wingo, You-
bou; Jagir Singh, Honeymoon ‘Bay;
Mr. Lloyd Matson, Port Renfrew;
Mrs. K. Wirsma, Duncan; Mrs. Gary
Lee, Lake Cowichan; Mrs. E. Ed-
ling, Lake Cowichan.

KING’S DAUGHTERS

Sisters Mitchell and Cunningham
of the LA of Local 1-80, IWA, visited
the following patients in the King's
Daughters Hospital April 19, distrib-
uting candy, cigarettes and copies of
the Western Canadian Lumber
Worker.

Mrs. Berre, Crofton; Mrs. J. Hieta,
Youbou; Mrs. Limer, Hillcrest; Mr.
R. Brown, Cowichan Lake; Mr. F.
Ussellman, Caycuse Beach; Mr. W.
Gibson, R.R. 3, Duncan; Mr. Gurme}J
Singh, Duncan; Mr. J. Shieth, Lake
Cowichan; Mrs. Andrews, Cobble
Hill, Mrs. M. Clark, Nitininat; Mr.
J. Amundson, Duncan; Mrs. G.
Money, Lake Cowichan; Mrs. F. La
Fleur, Hillcrest; Mrs. H. Smith, Lake
Cowichan; Miss E. Seed, Youbou;
Mrs. M. Mather, Lake Cowichan;
Mrs. Ron Atchison, Lake Cowichan;
Mrs. M. Work, Duncan; Mrs. A.
Nonis, Caycuse; Mrs. L. Matson,
Port Renfrew; Mrs. K. Wiersma,
Duncan; Mrs. G. Lee, Lake Cowichan.

The plan was worked out
by a committee presided over
by R. H. S. Crossman, M.P.
Advice was received from
many experts including: Pro- .
fessor Richard Titmuss, pro-
fessor of.social administration
at the London School of Eco-
nomics; Dr. Brian Abel-
Smith, and Peter Townsend,
reader and lecturer respect-
ively in social administration
at the same school.

The Lighter
Side

The ship was sinking. The
captain called out: “Anyone
know how to pray?”

One man stepped forward.
“IT do, sir.” :

“Good,” said the captain.
“You pray. The rest of us
will put om life jackets. We’re

one short.”
* * *

“f don’t like the look of
your husband,” said the doc-
tor.

“Neither do I,” said the
patient’s wife. “But he’s good

to the children.”
* * *

The maiden’s prayer:
“Lord, send me a man to im-
prove my lot, cause nobody

knows what a lot I’ve got!”
* * *

The only thing wrong with
some smart children is that
they don’t smart in the right
place.

* * *
“Tis spring. "Tis spring.
The boid is on the wing. How

absoid. How absoid. The
wing is on the boid.
* * *

Some people are pleased
with everything. And more
of us would be if we had it.

* * * ;

Being a husband is like any

ether job. It helps if you like

the boss.
* * *

“Tell me, Dear Fairy,” said
little Alice, “how do you man-
age never to be seen by
people, even though they
walk right past you every
day?”

“T lend them money,” re-
plied the fairy.

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