All letters and articles for this page should be addressed to the Women’s Page Editor. a TE Flousewives Present brief OTTAWA—Backed by more than — individual post cards mail- eae Prime Minister King, the feeerves’ Consumer Associa- day °f Toronto, supported by egates from all parts of Can- 8, descended on the capital boven to demand that the ment ‘roll back prices.’ The dele Port tional organizations and associations in six met Finance Minister te Uglas Abbott to present a pro- St brief Wednesday. Beyembers of the delegation from oth sh Columbia were Mrs. Dor- oe Richardson, secretary of the Me ee. Consumer Associa- With of British Columbia, and Wien L. White, president of Couver Labor Council (CCL). mee delegates began arriving lapel Y, armed with inch-long % Apis shaped in the form of ‘ ng pin, bearing the slogan ot Back Prices” Prior to their Car onto, Ministe ds to housewives of Tor- addressed to the °Prime T, protesting the lifting of Baaties and price controls on 2 €r of consumer goods. Over 18,000 cards were mailed wee, St and an additional 35,000 ® Signed in Toronto last week- €nd, the ; cards association reported. The 1h ‘ Resistay, edge support to ‘Buyers epg ce Oeeen On The brief presented to. Abbott 0 the Wednesday was written by atc association, after con- Ons with representatives of Wives’ organizations in the Writt Provinces. After it was Organis., {Was submitted to the nizations again for their en- ton, and to the national of- ; of the Canadian Congress of bor ang the Trades and Labor MBress of Canada. CCL Secre- Ty-Treasurer Pat Conroy and President Percy Bengough to the Association support- € brief, Mrs. Pheips said. hig Points raised by the dele- uke &re a rollback of prices by mil, St 1; return of subsidies on oe other dairy products; ©n of the excess profits 4nd repeal of the sales tax. ZENITH CAFE 105 kr, Hastings Seta ——.. WM. GREEN and 0. E. LOUIE Est. 1904 Real Estate, Insurance, Notary Tneome Tax Forms Prepared 525 MAIN STREET TAtlow 1036 a : “Anything With a Camera” . WAND STUDIO *%: Hastings St — PAc. 7044 ancouver, B.C. Wrote ing th Vancouver » the association distributed ern, OO mainly for Women conducted by Winnie Williams choice of a dinner opener. A boiled cucumber. mint sauce, fresh green’ peas, quettes. - main course. biscuit variety. Later there is nadian dinner.”!!! | t) ‘Typical’ of Ottawa, maybe According to a report published in the Montreal Standard, here is the “typical” Canadian dinner: : : Before dinner, hors d’oeuvyres was served in the drawing room with tomato juice and sherry. Frosty melon was the followed then by Saguenay salmon served with squares of Spring lamb, the first of the season, appeared next with Asparagus with hollandaise sauce accompanied the Dessert was strawberry shortcake of the old fashioned rich er an pica eke eee prepared by “moth- erly Mrs. Jean Gooch” for. the Truman family when they were ts the Montreal Stan the guests of Prime Minister King, repor : i dard. The reporter then adds that they ate the “typical Ca- clear rosy-red Consomme was SN green beans and potato cro- fruit—grapes, cherries, plums Sweeter news for housewives Housewives received their first cheering news of the year from Finance Minister Abbott this week when he announced increase of the sugar ration. But in the United States, as picture shews, smiles welcomed the end of sugar rationing. Two new books HIDDEN ANIMALS by Millicent E. Selsam. Pictures by David Shapiro. Age 6-9. International Publishers, $1. VOYAGE THIRTEEN by Eric Lucas. Illustrated by James L. Wells. Age 12 and up. Inter- national Publishers, $2. Summer is particularly the sea- son for this book about natural phenomena. The subject is pre- sented with a great deal of life and gaiety in the form of a puzzle game. On one page the reader is shown a picture of a ‘hidden animal’ carefully conceal- ed in its natural habitat. Turn the page, and there are the out- lines of the same picture, but the background is dropped out and the animal emerges. Accompany- EAST END TAXI UNION DRIVERS HA, 0334 Fully 24-Hour ‘Insured Service 618 East Hastings, Vancouver designed to appeal to younger readers ing the pictures is a short, pro- vocative text that explains the how and why of various kinds of protective coloration. ‘ Hidden Animals is a companion piece to the author’s previous book, Egg to Chick. Both of these books introduce the six-to-eight year old child to the science ‘of living things in a highly dynamic fashion. 3 * * By ‘the time youngsters pass into their teens, they are eager to read about other young peo- ple who are already taking part in the world’s work. As they break childhood into adult society, they enjoy hearing about others who are a little ahead of them. This junior novel fills the bill in that respect. It is a story of young Rusty Samuelson on his first voyage in the merchant mar- ine. A good adventure yarn that moves along at the breathless pace young readers demand, it is * also something more. For Eric Lucas, the author, is concerned with pointing up democratic values here, as he did in his last book, Swamp Fox Brigade. oe JOHN STANTON Barrister - Solicitor Notary Publie 502 Holden Bldg. — MAr. 5746 Night: ALma 2177-M HAND- 68 West Cordova Street - - - JOHNSON’ HIGH QUALITY LOGGERS AND WORK BOOTS MADE S$ BOOTS Phone MArine 7612 FRpay, JUNE 27, 1947 through the confines of Talking things over The daily round WELL THE ‘Rolling Pin Delegation’ seems to have made quite a hit with some of the M.P.’s in the capital. I still maintain that they would have made their mission more forceful by taking along their own kitchen variety rolling pins. But, in any case, I imagine Finance Minister Abbott (who sweet-talked the Western delegation three months ago), had a tough time explaining himself. The delegation representing the Housewives’ Consumer Associa- tions across the country is really doing a splendid job. The big question is: What are you doing in your community to back up the delegation? Do you know it does not even cost you the price of a stamp to send a protest let- ter or post card to your MP? If every woman wrote to Abbott, the mail man would have to use a moving van to carry the mail into the building, and our finance min- ister might take our price con- trol campaign a little more ‘seri- ously. Or how about a mass rally, rolling pins and all, with invitations to every women’s org- anization and trade union in town? A group of women could sponsor a garden party or tea and invite a speaker from the Housewives’ Consumer tion. These are things all of us can do. ‘ * * HERE’S AN odd recipe I picked - up while travelling on the street- |, car the other day. It is called Cottage Cheese Pie and goes like this: Beat up one pound of cot- tage cheese, two eggs, half cup of condensed milk, two spoons ‘of sugar and vanilla for flavoring. Pour into an unbaked pie crust and bake. Although this may sound odd, it’s guaranteed to lease the palate. * * LITTLE KATY has to have her tonsils out soon and we are pat- ting ourselves on the~—back for having invested in health insur- ance. But many families are not covered by such insurance and it’s a shame that the government has not acted on this question. Health insurance was the ma- jor reform. promised by the Pat- * tullo government. The bill came before the legislature in 1936 af- ter two years of planning, discus- sion and argument between gov- ernment officials and the medical profession. It passed only after a bitter debate. The act itself pro- vided for compulsory coverage of wage-earners earning iess’ than $150 a month (a fairly good sal- ary at that time). Insured per- sons and their dependents were to receive medical benefits , only to include services of doctors cua hospitals, part of the cost of drugs, and X-ray and diagnostic services. Costs were to be met by contributions from wage earners and employers at basic rates of from one to two percent of wages. By the spring of 1937 a com- mission was prepared to put the scheme into operation. However, the medical profession refused to cooperate because it disagreed as Associa- |, WEA plans forum Campers at Lake HatzicS where the Workers’ Education- al Association is now conduct- ing a labor school in coopera- tion with the Pacific Northwest Labor School, will hear the story of the industrial cooper- atives of North China from Bernis Thompson, | representa- tive of the Chinese Industrial Cooperatives this weekend. The other featured speaker will be Elmore Philpott, inter- nationally known Vancouver columnist. ; : This Saturday eveling a so- cial evening and dance for campers and visitors is being arranged, with special facilties being made. available for the week-end visitors who-'are ex- pected to take‘ advantage of the many recreational advan- tages offered by the camp and at the same time take part in table-. the summer’ school program. to the terms of practice and re- muneration, : : ; ‘ The government thén decided to refer the matter, to the people by means ofa ‘plebicite, but one S80 vaguely worded and weak that only 60 percent of the voters sup- ported it. The premier stated that the act must be amended and the commission disbanded a staff of 100 persons, leaving only the actual members and a clerk qr two to await further action. But no action. has been forth- coming, except that each year the legislature has voted a small sum to pay the salaries of the five commissioners to keep an of- fice open. : Of course, we realize that the provincia! government has been stalling lately on this question ever since Mackenzie King in his first speech in January of 1944 promised “a. comprehensive na- tional scheme of social insurance —which will constitute a charter of social security for the whole of Canada.” He spoke of health insurance as part of this scheme, and if you remember, the papers were quite excited about it at the time. In the meantime, presumably, we can’t afford to live if we can- not meet today’s high prices, we can’t afford to be sick if we are not insured, and we can’t afford to die because it costs too much to get buried.—B.G. j We Sell Army and Navy For Less will never know-, ingly be undersold. 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