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‘PEOPLE TRICKED’

Insurance
scheme hit

INADEQUACIES of the Coali-
tion severnment’s hospitalization
Scheme, which, she charged, was
designed to take British Colum:
bia hospitals “out of the red”
rather than provide citizens with
he comprehensive insurance they
14 years ago, was at-
eekea by Viola, Bianco, LPP pro-
cial Candidate for Vancouver
East, in a radio address this week,

Stating that 80 percent of the
ne in the province could not

ford medical attention if they
needed it
ae Say to these people, ‘Go to

€ doctor,’ is not only unreason-
able—it is crue).

Mrs,

Bianco stated that the

Present scheme fell short of oft-

vepeated ‘Coalition promises be-
ee it pledged and collected
miums for hospitalization be-
ny the necessary hospital ac-
a Modation existed, and did not
°vide comprehensive coverage.
At least double the present hos-
. _8¢Commodation was re-
pated to enable all citizens need-
® hospital attention to get what

€y were i .
addea already paying for, she

utile other day, my \neighbor’s

eee Was rushed to the hos-

fen for an emergency opera-

- She stated. “Of course,

Si Bikey no.room for him in a

to tax ward, so his mother had
€ a private room.

siRowad She showed me all the
She has received for this
Mness. In addition to the
Se petits fee of $35, there
nar ae doctor’s bill, the bill for
in, and, last but by no
ast, the bill from the
franitan for the difference be-
Under the public ward rate paid
Schem, the hospital insurance
Vate © and the charge for pri-
Ward care,

One j
anaes

ew total bill was quite beyond
: amily’s capacity to pay.”

* * *

eee COALITION’S scheme
Withone oS up to $30 a year
Urden _Materially easing the
ness lmposed upon them by
bine _ Mrs. Bianco asserted,

Y Stating that “this scheme
Rot introduced to insure citi-

Zn,
ale but to trick the people into
e Ving their demands were
: ne met,”

pages reason for the scheme,
: fs. “nued, “was the fact that
the . Pitals were in the red and
crease ernment refused to in-
Over $1 hospitalization subsidy

“75 per person per day and

an E
to wo to shift that subsidy back
3 the People.

ay
T y
the “9 numerous scandals over

Stange? of private health in-
i Companies were becom-
arrassing. to Attorney
Gordon Wismer, and the
Sovernment felt it had
Woula : Some legislation that

hein 800d to the people

°n time.”

B
seus out that the way to
of Public @y through expenditure
9 hss funds on such measures
ste €ct the People’s health in-
tion ae Vast military prepara-
tay a ch only imposed heavier
Biane dens on the people, Mrs.
for . Pledged herself to work

Seneray
Coalition
to

health j mPrehensive provincial

nsurance scheme.

» Mrs. Bianco declared,

Just try this

Take a deck of 52 cards—deal four piles in 27 seconds and
you'll find out how Singer Sewing Machine Company in Elizabeth,
N.J., determined its production “standards system.” Striking mem-
bers of the United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers (CIO)
have set up card tables on the streets to show citizens why they
went on strike against the speedup system. ‘

WE RECEIVED a very interesting if cryptic note from WVan-
couver General Hospital the other day in reply to one of ours. We
had remarked that it seemed a little absurd to have the children go
without new shoes so that we could pay a few dollars on the bill we
incurred last year when young Katy had pneumonia, but the hospital

informed us that such bills were
looked upon as a “normal living
expense,”

It’s too bad the government
doesn’t see things the same way.
because expense incurred because
of illness—and it’s usually a
pretty big expense — is not in-
cluded in the cost of living in-
dex, mor do any of the social
agencies take it into considera-
tion when compiling budgets for
the average family.

The hospital may call it a nor-
mal living expense, but I haven’t
noticed any bargain basement
specials in tonsillectomies lately.

* * *

A LETTER in one of the dailies

caught my eye the other day. The

STORM OVER A_ TEAPOT

Effie bests two detectives,
continues peace oration

EFFIE JONES FORCED two
city detectives ‘to retire in dis-
comfort when they atempted to
disrupt her talk on peace to the
Women’s Committee for Peace

Action tea party in Stanley Park
last week.

Mrs. Jones, a delegate to the
Canadian Peace Congress held in

Toronto recently, was telling
some 40 women ‘about her trip
when detectives Ernest Deacon
and D. S. Campbell strode for-
ward and ordered her to halt.
claiming she was breaking a
park bylaw by making “an ora-
tion or harangue.”

Women in the audience gasped
in amazement.

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CHILD CARE

*

Baby-sitter problems

HOW MANY TIMES have you heard people say. “‘She’s got

-a child, she can’t get out in the evenings’’?

It seems to be taken

for granted that married women with children must be tied to their

homes in the evenings.

I feel that, with some organiz-
ation and a good deal of prep-
aration, this should not necessar-
ily be so.

There are two points of view
on this question to which equal
consideration must be given.
There is the parents’ point of
view and that of the child.

Let’s take the parents’ first —
after all, they were there first.
Before children arrive, parents
can go whenever they like—just
close the door, and go without a
moment's hesitation or any res-
ponsibility.

They are free to enjoy each
other’s company on outings of

‘any description when they please,

and this is a very desirable thing.

After a baby arrives this comes
to an abrupt end. :

Father says, “ I must go to
the union meeting Wednesday,”
so mother has to stay at home.

Or, “What about the movies on
Saturday night?” Father doesn’t
want to go alone, neither does
mother. So they both stay in.

If only they had a sitter-in!
But what does the child think of
that idea?

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works in practice, that if you ac-
custom a child from very early
days to the fact that it cannot al-
ways have its parents there. and
in making friends with bother
people, it will accept this cheer-
fully.

A healthy infant should sleep
when it goes to bed, and is not
likely to be lying anxiously await-
ing its parents’ return.

When a child is old enough to
understand, it should be taught
that the well-being of the fam-
ily as a unit is the main consider-
ation of the personalities making
up that unit.

If the sitter-in is not a stranger
to the child, but someone in-whom
it recognizes a friend and likes
to be with, the problem is well
on its way to being overcome.

I do not think any hard-and-
fast rule can be laid down as to

the age at which children can be .

left by themselves, it depends so
much on the children.

.And some children are more
nervous than others and do not
like to be left by themselves even
with a friendly sitter-in. This
problem has to be tackled at the
onset and the fears discovered
and allayed. A purely selfish at-
titude should be reasoned away.

As with other childish prob-
lems, an over-anxious attitude
on the part of the parents will
‘only make this matter worse.
Sensible explanations are the
best, and they must be truthful.
—JEAN LANG.

pcddde At

“Why, I never heard of such a
thing,” declared one.

“Well,” said Mrs. Jones, “if I’m
breaking the law, you’d better do
your duty, for I’m going right on
talking.” Turning to Mrs. Viola
Bianco, secretary of the Women’s
Committee, she continued her re-
marks, in a conversational fone
loud enough for all the women

‘to hear,

“Now. now, Mrs. Jones, you
must stop,” persisted the stal-
warts of the law.

“Ladies, let’s step over to the
Pavilion and see Mr. Stroyan
(park superintendent),” said Mrs.
Jones. A delegation was formed
on the spot and descended upon
that unhappy man.

“I have heard many people
speaking at such gatherings in
this park,” Mrs. Jones told Stroy-
an, “and I do not intend to be
discriminated against.”

“But when Mrs. Jones talks,
you can hear her two blocks
away,” argued one of the detec-
tives, :

“TI am talking with the voice
God gave me, and I don’t intend
to change it for you,” snapped
Effie.

The Park Commissioner looked
at the irate women and decided
to allow the tea party to con-
tinue. The detectives faded away
and Mrs. Jones resumed her talk.

Later Mrs. Bianco announced
that the Women’s Committee for
Peace Action is planning a pro-
test campaign against the re-

_strictive park bylaw. “It will pro-

hibit all public statements,’ even

‘greetings to picnickers from or-

ganizational leaders, if it’s en-

forced,” she said.

writer was objecting to married
women working now that a good
Many single girls are unemployed.
Reminds me of the “good” old
days of the thirties when a lot
were all for denying married
women the right to work rather
than fight for the right of all
citizens to work—a right which,
incidentally, is guaranteed by the
Soviet constitution.

They used all the same old
arguments then too, a woman’s
place is in the home, the single
girls weren’t getting a fair

‘ chance, and so on. Sure a wom-

an’s place is in the home—if she
has a child under two years of
age. Once the children reach
School age, the housewife finally
has an opportunity to use her
talents in the community and
broaden her outlook considerably.

Perhaps that is the thing which
people like Gorgeous George
would be fearful of. Maybe the
housewife will start to think. At
least if she is kept in her kit-
chen the little woman is subjected
only to their propaganda through
the daily press and radio.

* * *

A WONDERFUL affair in aid
of the Canadian Seamen’s Union .
was held in Pender Auditorium
last week. More than 300 women
attended—and some men, too.
Some $250 worth of food was do-
nated, $35 was collected at the
door, and draw tickets netted
close to $850. The women who or-
ganized the program deserve
hearty congratulations for a fine
job. Everything ran like clock-
work.

Winner of the first prize, a
beautiful hand-carved, black wal-
nut coffee table from India, was
Mrs. J. C. Bell, 3429 East 24th,
who held ticket No. 892. The next
prize, a hand-painted lacquer
cocktail set from China, went to
J. Seldon, 4328 John street, with
ticket No. 1121; and third prize,
a combination cigarette case and
lighter, went to the holder of

ticket No, 1646, P. Kugener of
3232 East 17th.

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