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A bright airy schoolroom at Vancouver Preventorium ensures that
their way back to health from the dread threat of tuberculosis need not
studies. Bed patients who are well enough receive bedside instruction.
munity Chest will help this Red Feather service to care for these children.

young patients fighting
fall too far behind in their
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WOMEN IN INDUSTRY

Gov't whitewashes editor's charges
Polish girl workers badly treated

cle at Toronto, wrote a letter charg-
Dionne, MP, were under-paid and
tchell promised to send an investigator to the
t. George de Beauce. The investigator he sent

When W. Dutkiewicz, editor of the Polish Chroni
ing that the Polish girls brought to Quebec by Ludger
badly treated, Labor Minister Humphrey Mi
millionaire textile manufacturer’s mills at S

STRETCH YOUR DOLLAR

With no effective federal government actio:
prices, housewives are faced with the’ increasing!
feeding their families on a budget that has
by living costs. This is the first of a series of
Federated Pictures to make your dollar go farth

been

m to curb rising
ly difficult job of
far outstripped
hints designed by
er. But remember,

only organized mass consumer protest can force the government

to bring prices back into line.

Avoid bread waste: don’t

‘overstock; keep bread in re-
frigerator to prevent mold; don’t
cut more than needed.

Substitute potatoes for grain
products in stuffings, meat

extenders, casseroles, in place of

bread, bread crumbs, spaghetti.

a |

Use cdttage cheese: in ome-
lets and salads as a main
rotein dish, and to substitute

. for meat in sandwich fillings.

__-FRIMAY, OCTOBER 10, 1941

.

Use dried skim milk: it’s
available and economical;
it’s convenient for baking, milk

soups and hot milk drinks.

.| dergartens, but I don’t know whe-

Sive

accomimodate 120 children.

In Ottawa, I am told, 16 junior
kindergartens are in operation, as
well as a number of senior kin-
dergartens to take care of the
five-year-olds. The ‘provincial goy-
ernment “permits” the various
school boards to set up these kin-

ther it helps to cover the cost or
not.

The “juniors” attend for half a
day, giving them a chance to enjoy
planned group activities and no
doubt giving the mothers a chance
to enjoy a bit of freedom.

Another progressive step taken
by Toronté School Board is the
granting of maternity
teachers. They get one year, which
they have to take (without pay),
but they maintain their seniority.
and if they wish they may take
two years. With the present short-
age of teachers this plan should
encourage and enable married
women to stay in their profession.
It’s about time we elected some
progressives to our civic bodies so
that we too, can effect some of
these improvements.

Rk ok

THERE SEEM to be more cans
of fruit on the market these days,
but oh, the price! Having to pay
25 cents for a can of fruit a few
months ago was pretty bad, but
now I find that the price is any-
where from 30 to 40 cents. Here’s

one family that won’t be buying
any.
owe
IN CHICAGO, housewives, trade
unionists and others have launch-

I HAD a letter the other day from one of the progres-
school board members in Toronto describing some of
the improvements made in the
One of the most interesting points, I believe, is the estab-

educational program there.

s for four-year olds- Three

leave to] ”

ed a wild-fire campaign that prom-

ises to catch on all over the US.

was Victor Podoski, former min-
ister to Canada of the long-dis-
credited Polish government-in-
exile and now a_ federal labor
department official, and his re-
port amounted to a whitewash of
Dutkiewicz’ charges.

This is part of the letter Dut-
kiewicz wrote:

“The girls are being treated
at the convent not as paying
guests that they actually are but
as virtual prisoners. They may not
go to town in their free time, can
not go to a movie, can not receive
friends or relatives, can not leave
town on weekends to visit their
relatives and their mail is cen-
sored so that they are allowed
to receive only religious publica-
tions. Any visitors coming. to see
the girls must first obtain Mr.
Dionne’s permission . . .

“On August 10 some visitors
came to the convent from nearby
Sherbrooke The party re-
ceived permission from the Sis-

talking in the reception room, po-
lice arrived and told them to leave
immediately.

“And on August 16, the day I
arrived in St. Georges, an Ameri-
can army sergeant came to see
one of the girls: he was _ correc-
ponding with. He was locked up in
jail on technical charge of being
intoxicated. This man was releas-

and Canada.

A small group started a chain-
letter to enlist 39,000,000 families
in the U.S. in a 15-day boycott
of high-priced butter, eggs and
meat. The letter asked each re-
cipient to make five copies and
send them to friends, and request-
ed each family to use substitutes
for butter, meat and eggs from
October 15 to 31.

“Your action will help put the
price gougers in their place,” the
letter read. “If we all act together,
Wwe can save many dollars in our
food budget and do a good turn
for the national economy in pre-
venting further inflation,”

How about getting your groun to

idea. Doesn’t take long to write
a letter, and it’s amazing how
many people you can contact.
ek. ok
HOW’S THE bread baking com-
ing along these days? I think that

It” aptly fits the present bread

ters to see the girls. As they were |.

baking spree. Keep talking it up
to your neighbors, in your meet-
ings and everywhere you go.—-B.G.

EAST END

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