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mainly for W omen
conducted by Winnie Williams

Ree “Cost of living is beyond
on reach of 9 out of every 10
orkers in. Canada as a result

f the removal of price control.

According to the latest gov-
erent figures, only 75,000
ta rls out of 750,000 reporting
tisti © Dominion Bureau of Sta-
Wea; ect more than $42 per
Week in April when the cost of
minimum budget for an

Average Canadian family was at

least. $49

ee

| Only one ‘in ten can meet ‘high’ living costs

Since April, the federal gov-
ernment has lifted the ceilings
on rents, butter, fuel, jams,
clothing, cafe meals and prac-
tically all the other basic neces-
sities which were kept under
control.

A few weeks ago, government
figures showed that only 3 out
of every 10 workers in Canadian
industry were able to meet the
cost of living.

Today, as a result of the 2.5
point rise in the official cost-of-
living index, only one of every
10 workers is able to keep up
with the rapid rise in living
costs.

The most recent step which
the federal government has ta-
ken in removing price ceilings
for cafe meals and many food-
stuffs will make it almost im-
possible for any worker to make
ends meet.

Folk singer will

be heard here

* Se _ McCurdy, internationally
as ed folk-singer, will presnt a
nag of people’s songs of

erica in Pender Audi-

to:
ag On Monday, June 16 at

ae McCurdy has made an ex-
dice Y°, Study of the folk melo-

Well ae oe to this continent as
Sine ek those which have be-
hig ms €rican by adoption, and
of tt ge Tepertory includes songs
oe mberjacks, sailors, railway-
adait Negroes and hill-billies in
ie ©n to the ballads and love-
Fez ngs “that ™ake up the stock-in-
“Ade of traditional folk-lore.

z ane recital is sponsored by the
Orkers' Educational Association.

CCF pains

-SCore prices

Roe TAWA — Government and
»"mMent were both condemned
u ® resolution on price controls
eng Fy adopted last week-
Wome.2® first CCF Provingial
in vitae Conference to be held
attendes The conference was

€d by 88 delegates.

The Tesolution calls for:

ae Restoration of price controls
€ Necessities of life.

subsiesumPtion of ‘payment of
na ie On milk, butter, coal
Quotj xtiles, to make possible re-

ns in prices to consumers.

artig eemoval of taxes on such
terials: as Soap and washing ma-
sory) program ‘of socialized health
turin.” was also urged in a

er resolution which declar-
ane sUMerous unrelated insur-
fron, Plans’ are draining money
ing 9. Cur people without provid-
a Adequate health care for it.”
The
buildin

Broyj,
It Sion

resolution called for the
of more hospitals and
of technical personnel.
“held that every citizen, re-
less" of income, ,should re-
5 complete hospitalization,
1, dental, nursing and la-
; Services, drugs and ap-
Pliances, according to need.

After Banquet Social
‘at the

JOHN Goss STUDIO

641 Granville ‘Street.

S ;
wot., June 14; 8:30 p.m.

_ Auspices West End
“shborhood Council, LPP
ADMISSION 50 CENTS

UN kids

‘to right) Eugenia Savanow,

These children of UN officials, on an out-
ing at New York’s Coney Island, aren’t
bothered by international disagreements. They are (left

Soviet Union; Eleanor Dorf- —

man, Argentine; Leo Hsu, China; Roy Stephens, Britain.

Community groups, unions

form consumers league ©

sumers’ League of arousing
paign against rising prices,

Resolutions passed by the meet-
ing urged H.W. Herridge
(People’s CCF, Kootenay West)

‘ to demand’ that
the federal gov-
ernment take
ernment “take
steps to curtail
the profits of
monopolists and
lower prices to
consumers. —

Don Berry,
Local 480 presi-
dent, told the
meeting: “La,
bor is not re-
sponsible for
Irene Vetere high prices as
daily press propaganda would
have the people.believe. Unions

ZENITH CAFE

105 E. Hastings | Vancouver

By IRENE VETERE

TRAIL, B.C. — Community organizations here have
joined with local trade unions in the formation of a Con-
public support for the cam-

The League was set up at a

mass meeting last week sponsored by the International
Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers (CIO), Local 480.

| of Women fails to>bring pressure

must fight for price controls as
well as higher wages because the
burden of higher prices is falling
on the shoulders of the workers.”

- Committees of the Trail and
District Consumers’ League were
set up in both Trail and Rossland
to organize and publicize meetings
on price control throughout the
area,

ANOTHER
KIRK SHOP
Opening Soon at
2533 East Hastings

801 W. Hastings - Vancouver

Talking things over.

The dail

which were freed from price
budget now strained to the
to manage? :

We certainly couldn’t cut down
on dairy products any more, and
as for jams, jellies; honey and
marmalade, you just can’t bring up
children without one of them. I
wouldn’t worry so much about
the canned goods if there were

more sugar available, but it
sems that the sugar shortage is
a sticky business (no pun. in-

tended) involving the higher poli-
cies—and prices—of the cartels.

For all those working people
who eat in restaurants, this lat-
est decontrol] order will be a
heavy blow. Goodness only knows
it is bad enough now trying to
get a satisfying meal for 60
cents or more.

As for the farmer, who also has
the problem of rising prices, he
now learns that hay is another
commodity freed from price con-
trol. If he cannot raise enough
for his own needs he is really
going to be hard hit.

Often the farmer gets all the
blame for higher prices, but let’s
not forget that we are all up
against the same problem—rising
costs—and if both farmers and
workers unite in their protests
then those who are reaping the
profits cannot play one off against
the other.

* * *

WE. HAVE a new game in our
family now. We are revising the
nursery rhymes to conform with
the times. Little Katy thinks it
is great fun, and we fondly hope,
of course, that our ideas will be
assimilated _more easily by her.

Here’s an example:

Little Tommy Tucker
Sings for his supper. .

Because of rising prices a
His bread mow has no butter.
Or how about this:

Jack Spratt could eat no fat,
His wife could eat no lean.

It was because the government
Had licked the platter clesn:

by eee tee eae Fe
| READING a: report of the an-

Council of -Women,-I was struck
pby the fact that as yet no reso-
lution has been forthcoming about |
that drganization’s attitude toward
high prices: : ey ,
The only reference made to
gate who suggested that wometi’
should try to see the producers’
point of view as* well ‘as their
own -positions as consumers!

Even if. the National Council

on the government for restoration
-of-price controls, at least there’

which is not, slow to take action.
The Housewives Consumers’, As-’

gation of 100 women to make a
new and because of the public
campaign the Association has led,
stronger protest to the govern=
ment against rising living costs.
They should make things uneom-
fortable for a few of our deécon-
trol experts in Ottawa come June
25. ‘

nual convention of the’ National |

prices came from. an Ottawa dele :

is another Women’s Organization |”

sociation is arranging for a dele-‘}

y round

I READ with dismay the list of goods and services

control this week. With a
maximum, how are we. ever

IT SEEMS that because of full
employment obtaining during the
war years and the temporary
economic security offered to the
families of men in the services,
we now have a bumper crop of
pre-school age children. I am sure
there are two in every home in
our block and that they all con-
gregate in our yard. One of these
days I intend to try an idea
carried out by a group of pro-
gressive women. in Montreal.

These mothers got together
and decided to form a mothers’
club with the ebject of providing
organized play and _ supervision
for their youngsters and at the
same time giving .the mothers
more free time.

They were able to locate a small
hall which was converted into a
Play room and then they took
turns ; supervising the children
with the aid of a trained worker.
As there were over 30 mothers
in the club, the cost was small
for each.

Not only did the children bene-
fit, but the mothers gradually be-
gan taking a much more lively
interest in the progress of their
children and gained valuable in-
formation concerning child care
at the regular bi-monthly club
meetings.

The last I heard of this little
group, they had planned an org-
anized campaign in their district
for more playgrounds with ade
quate supervision, and had gain-
ed wide support throughout the
community. I might add _ that
their president was a candidate
in. the .federal elections and be-
cause of her community work
made an impressive showing at
the.. polls.—B.G.

Consumption of

‘milk declines

OTTAWA—Milk sales, refiect-
ing removal of the subsidy and
the rising cost of other foods,
droppéd 3.5. percent across Can-
ada for the month of March,
1947, compared to April 1946,
.according to a Dominion’ Bur-
eau of . Statistics report , this
week. s :
“3° Six ‘large cities in Canada
'. showed’ dropping ‘milk sales for
March 1947 compared to March
1946.‘ Montreal is down 4.4 per-
“cent; Toronto, 6.9 percent; Que-
béc City, 2.6 percent; Ottawa-
Hull, 6.2 percent; Hamilton, 8.1
percent; Winnipeg, 4.4 percent.
_ Only one city, Vancouver, has
- showed’ an increase over March
_of..last year by 0:2 percent.
(The slight. increase’ in the
‘consumption:.of “milk in Van-
couver-is attributed to the con-
tinuéd rapid growth of the city’s
population which sees twice as
many families entering Vancou-
ver as leaving it every month.
Actual per capita consumption
of milk has declined during the
past year.)

.

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FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 1947

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