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Proof that few Canadian families cam meet the cost of liv-
ing is shown in this Tribune chart. The most recent govern-
Ment statistics show that the highest weekly wage received in

_ any Canadian industry is only $1.50 above the cost of a “relief”

budget as measured by the Toronto Welfare Co
est average weekly wage today is actually $9.50 below the in- .

The high-

Crease in the cost of living—as measured by the Research De-
Partment of the Workers’ Educational Association in a re-

APPARATUS

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cent issue of “Labor News”—and nearly $20.00 (per week)
less than the cost of maintaining a family of four on a mini-
mum decent standard of living—as estimated by the Heller
Budget Committee of the University of California (adapted to
Workers in the lower

Canadian prices),
as electrical apparatus, meat

(hotels, laundries, etc.) find it impossible te live on even a

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Talking things over

_ The daily round

' I WAS feeling very happy and at peace -with the world

€ other evening as one does after a hard day's work, and
then I started reading the evening paper. Insidt of five
Minutes I was gnashing my teeth at the powers that be and

‘ia ready to retire to the hills

a live on nuts and berries to

ft the constant worry about
aring prices.

Ethe immediate cause of my
gern was the prediction of a
ae boost in the price of bread
ee the wheat subsidy is dis-
be inued in the fall. S. R. Sax-
io, Chairman of the Bakery
Rone Foundation, has the. nerve
“ye tell us that such an increase
ie not seriously affect the

Usewife’s budget.”

Siege an average family (five
t aes) this will mean another
Costs dollars a month in food
trey This may not sound like
reat deal, but having it come
Pric P of the multitude of other
br © increases it may be the
on verbial ‘straw which broke the
el’s back.
Tt is one thing to do without
Colate bar, but one simply
butters live without bread and
Nin Even if Marie Antoinette
‘tel alive today she could not
too “Sto eat cake because that
ot will jump in price.

. We sek
ee NEXT little item that
ed t my eye was the = an-

Mcement of a price increase
three *Soline, estimated at two or
ye cents a gallon. Very. likely
Pay y have sold your car to
see WOME, food bill, but there are
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many people who simply have
to have a car to get to work, as
they can’t find a place to live
within. twenty miles of their work.
I know that farmers are going
to be hard hit by this new price
increase as farm machinery uses
up an amazing amount.

After deciding then and there
that we would have to sell our
little bus, I read wtih dismay
the anouncement that for the du-
bious privilege of riding the
BCElectric we will now have to
pay. ten cents, or buy. tickets
three for a quarter. I suppose our
big-hearted citizen Dal Grauer
feels that his gift to the citi-
zens of Vancouver (80 new
buses) will be appreciated more
if we pay for it ourselves.

In one breath he states that
the reason for such an increase
is not because of higher wages or
better working conditions which
he has been so happy to grant
his employees, and in the next
breath he advises us that no
definite step towards making ap-
plication for a higher fare rate
will be made until completion of
negotiations between the company
and the Street Railwaymen’s
Union. These big business men
are so good with their double
talk! ‘

THE FINAL little item to catch
my eye was & statement that a
public hearing before the Public
Utilities Commission will be held
August 7 on the application for
an average 17 percent increase
in gas rates. You know, if they
would just pipe all the hot air
from the parliament buildings,
everyone could be kept warm for

the next ten years—gratis.

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FAMILY

New angle on

‘battle of sexes’
HONG KONG—Efforts to

get women to take jobs out-:

side the home in North Chi-
na’s liberated areas ran into
an unexpected snag. After trying
it, the women began to quit their
jobs because, as they said, “All
they earned was pocketed by their
men and there was. still the
housework to do as before.”

The local governments then de-
creed that no husband should
touch his wife’s wages but the
men protested that this was un-
fair ‘because they still had to
feed the family.

Mass meetings of working hus-
bands and wives finally reached
a new solution. Now poth retain
40 percent of their earnings for
personal expenses and turn the
rest into a family kitty. So North
China women, who never held
jobs before, are turning out for

| CHILD CARE

|Teach junior

how to swim
By VERA MORRIS

It’s a proud day for parents
when they watch their young
ploughing confidently through
the water. Even more, it
means that to a certain extent
they can rélax their vigilance~
at the shore, for with swimming
comes a measure of safety.

Every child can learn to swim.
If your child has the opportunity
of getting instructions from a
qualified instructor at a “Y¥”
school, or swimming club tank
he will learn more quickly but
most children are taught by their
parents.

In introducing your child to
the lakefront the most important
thing to remember is to avoid
making him afraid of the water.
He can play at the waters edge
and gradually get used to “feel”
of the water. Let him take his
time, even if it takes all summer
for him to get dunked. Urging,
coaxing, wheedling or threaten-
ing will merely add to any re-
luctance he already may have,
and may end with him being
really frightened.

Guard him from - well-meaning
adults and children who want to
‘help’ by pushing or splashing
and from those who duck chil
dren (and adults) just to hear
them howl. Your own fears and
worries about the water can eas-
ily influence your child too, so
it’s wise to try and relax. Even
parents who don’t swim can add
considerably to their children’s

Jenjoyment of ‘the water by play-

ing simple games. with them. 1:

: Once your child is happy in the
water, and old enough (four, ‘five
or six, it depends on your child)

swim by letting him get his feet
off the bottom. Hold. his trunk
and he'll splash around happily.

Next he learns ¢o.. duck hie
head. Ring-a-round-a-rosie
good one for this, “with * every-
body ducking right down at the
end. One swimming instructor
suggests a game of retreiving
down for them. However, some
faces and learn to swim anyway,
so don’t insist.

Third step is a combination of
both—your feet off the bottom,
your face in: the water. Popv-
larly called ‘“deadman’s float,”
it’s an excellent beginning. In
this position you can’t sink.

Once your child has mastered
this it’s just a matter of days
before he adds the kicking, arm
movements and breathing. At this
point you have to watch him as
closely as ever, for once he can
do a few strokes his enthusiasm
is often keener than his swim-
ming ability. Decide just how far
out he can go and let him keep
within that limit until he is a

work in unprecedented numbers.

more competent swimmer.

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you can start to teach him to.

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