Talking things over mainly for Women The daily round Inni ly IT ALL happened when I was out shopping one day conducted by Winnie Williams this week. While I was vainly trying to came young Katy that we couldn’t buy a can of everything in. the store, ss I noticed a crowd of women gathered at one. counter, so naturally we made a bee-line over to see what hard-to-get product was on sale. I was able to grab two packages of I iders MPs’ appl in poor taste 7 Jello, and then retreated in good order. nion consl ers S app ause i po 3k looked at the price marked ae = TORONTO—Support of the nation-wide buyers’ strike called by the Housewives’ Consumer the package—two for 17 cents!|0f the plight of thousands of All letters and articles for this page should be addressed to the Women’s Page Editor. A ; ; families dependent on mothers’ SOciatio rmment’s latest decontrol order was urged here this week A young women standing beside DY OS mace eeT et , the, federal BOver ed Blectrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America |/me remarked that the price had | #10 vier sovermmcnt alewanocs (UE-CIo) , president, p , doubled since 1939 when you esto arg sien caby ee : : 5 an $8,000,000 surplus in e last ‘We ha kkers in Ontario and Quebec to join with the House- could buy four packages for 15 : Wives’ Sa this SS atolt Mtn’ ofits st sky-high prices,” said Jackson. cents, I made some comment | preety Se nay be rating ; mo some of this money by raising ‘Eve nm has issued has reduced the standard of living of the about wages not having doubled ae Canadian» Bee ee teréthe Gr beteeen the prices of foodstuffs and what people can saa ta in ead eee te Bite | emer yore et ee ee to has dropped as much as 24 per- ||uncomplimentary remarks about | families? ee, et ats akbar e eyo Milk consumption alone PP pe pur decontrol lique in Ottawa. rw “It is appalling that the government should ignore these facts and continue to remove price We chatted a bit, and I found} ITS REPORTED that there controls from such basic essentials as dairy products and restaurant meals. out that the woman was attempt-|will be a shortage of jam _ this “It has been reported that members of the House of Commons cheered’ when the end of ing to live on a mother’s allow-| year, so if: you‘have a raspberry butter rationing was announced. It’s too bad their enthusiasm wasn’t tempered with some cCon- ance, or blackberry “patch, it might be cern for the families who are today doing without butter and other foods they should be eating “I have two school-age children|a good idea to.make up as much use they can’t stretch their weekly pay another cent,” Jackson declared. and myself to keep on $50 ajjam and jelly as your sugar ra- eee month,” she said. “We get no/jtion can stand..I know the black- cost-of-living bonus and we are) berries are not ripe yet, but when allowed to earn only $20 a month|you start making blackberry jelly, to supplement our allowance. The|add a few green apples. You'll doctor has told me I should-not| find that the pectin contained in work because of my health, yet|the apples will give you a nice, how can we manage on $50? If|firm jelly, and then too, the it weren’t for my friends and|apples add a delicious flavor. relatives my children would real-| And while I’m on the subject of ly go hungry during the last|canning, don’t forget to can your week of the month.” peaches with their stones. This “But,” I objected, “how can| Will give the peaches a flavor the government state that the |mever found in the store variety. cost of living for an average ct ess Gebaoea! family a week is $42 a week and| WITH JELLO so hard to get yet at the same time give you|I know you'll want it to go as only a little more than this|far as possible. Try this varia- amount to keep you for a/tion some time when you want month?” one package to stretch over six “No, it doesn’t make sense, does | Servings. Mix the powder and hot it, but you see the mother’s al- water as usual, but divide it in- lowance Act was first passed in|to two bowls to set. When firm, 1920 which allowed a mother with| Slice bananas, peaches or what one child, $42.50 a month and have you over one bowl of jelly $7.50 a month for every addi-|2Nd whip the other with an egg tional child. If her husband was | beater until it is light and foamy. incapacitated, she also got $7.50| Pour the ‘fuzzy stuff’ (as Katy on his account. It’s a shame that| Calls it) over the fruit and let it these allowances are still on the | Set again. same level, but I’m afraid if I| Besides looking very tempting, protest, may be cut off alto-|it tastes. twice as good as an gether. Just the same, I’m all| ordinary jelly. When jelly was for these buyers’ strikes. That’s | not so expensive, we used to use the only way to protest — all to- | two packages of contrasting col- gether.” ors, but of course, this was only It makes you think, doesn’t it,| done on gala occasions.—B.G. 4 e Yugoslavia takes care of its children These children were photographed in a Belgrade orphanage. Yugoslavia suffered tre- Mendously by its fight against Nazi occupation and thousands of children were or- Phaned, The Yugoslav government is rep orted making big strides towards the recon- _Sttuction of the country. All that is left of UNRRA in Yugoslavia is the tablecloth. Buyers’ strike cut sales of items on boycott lists by 25 percent average . Sales of commodities placed on the price- conscious housewife’s “We do not purchase’ list during the recent buyers’ strike were cut by an average of 25 percent in Vancouver, @cording to information obtained by the Pa cific Tribune from retail store buyers this . Week. “Naturally, the big retailers would not admit that the strike had any effect on their Sales,» : standably sia ct eiare ear Sen a organizations will be represented Council; elected by council dele- disclosed, said this week. “If they | by two delegates in the 100-strong | gates, and Mrs. Dorothy Richard- acknowledged that their sales had|national delegation to Ottawa, |son, secretary of the B.C. House- €en cut, this would encouraye |June 25, demanding that the fed-| wives Consumer Association. Still more shoppers to support the | eral government restore subsi- Campaign. dies and price controls. These LAKE HATZIC SUMMER CAMP William L. White, = : = a Vancouver and other pro- sai hint ae wencouven Lane ANOTHER = Opens June 21 st : Closes July 19th = ¥ i = ges ; Ee peel censers! thie weele, mer: KIRK SHOP = A comfortable modern camp’ with spacious grounds on the = “ts of the mushrooming House- T END Op Sion vat = shores of beautiful Lake Hatzic, near Mission, B.C. = mating Pee ee cen, sey 2533 E z bcs = @ FRESH WATER SWIMMING = : arations = Ration-wide buyers’ strike initiat- T A X | ast Hastings 3/2 @ FISHING — BOATING — SPORTS a by the Toronto organization ea @ DANCING — MOVING — BARBECUES @ MORNING AND EVENING DISCUSSION PERIODS FULL COST (All Found): Cabins, $22.50; Dormitory, $20.00 Children: Over 7, Half Urice; Under 7, At Cost ne Scheduled to begin this Sat- UNION DRIVERS “day, June 21. HA. 0334 ome on the strike week list|] puny oa cen “clude canned soups, canned || Insured Service 2 = E 4 = : = : Peas, candy and chocolate bars,|| 613 East. Hastings, Vancouver || 801 W. Hastings - Vancouver = Operated on a non-profit basis by The B.C. Workers Educa- Clothing, rayon and cotton goods a tional Association and Pacific Northwest Labor School, Seattle. = = = - = = 8nd furniture. The consumer Spend Your Vacation with Trade Unionists and Progressives From Both Sides of the Border ie is also calling upon the HIGH QUALITY LOGGERS AND WORK BOOTS Yying public to purchase basic HAND-MADE 2 REGISTER NOW! BY MAIL OR IN PERSON = staples, such as fruit, vege- W.E.A. OFFICE — 339 WEST PENDER STREET = 5 % a + = tables, Meats and butter, as spar- JOHNSON’S B OOTS Vancouver, B.C. Phone: TAtlow 1715 = ingly as possible. 68 West Cordova Street - - - - - - - Phone MArine 7612 {|= = B.C. trade union and consumer ELAN = FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1947 PACIFIC TRIBUNE—PAGE 7