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AUG., 1947
85¢

Hatched by big business

b This picture shows what happened to egg prices
y the big business lobbyists and willing Congressmen.

ollar a dozen, the highest price in 30 years.

in the United States after OPA was killed
In many cities eggs are approaching oné

PREDICTED
PRICE $1

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LIVING CosTS

‘Mother of three’ wants
family allowances doubled

Let’s all get together and

insist that the government in-

Stease family allowances since it is doing nothing to check
Tsing living costs. That’s the suggestion made in a letter to

=e Pacific Tribune this week
ae, B.C., who writes that the

me decontrol order “has aroused
“ton {t@ SO much that I just have

let off steam’,”
€r letter continues: “Though I
i ™Mbled when prices went stead-
wounrward I still felt that all
this 4, Tight itself in time. But
of aie percent rise in the price
not Ut is something we should
to pn ccePt without some effort
protest it,

am the mother of three young
(and how they can eat). We
On the farm, with our own
» €§8s, butter, fruit and vege-
8; even so, the family al-
ed nee I receive will not go very
Brean the present price of other
hd tials. T make, re-make, mend
you re-mend the boys’ clothes, so
econ can see that we do try to
a. Mize. Still we feel the pinch.

thetY thoughts tonight are with
Parents who live in town, pay
’m etd have to buy everything.
that Se I don’t have to mention
Bone he family allowance, as first
ad and with no increase to

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adequate.

“Could we mothers unite in a
petition to the government to
double the family allowance,
since the government has seen
fit to decontrol prices and double
the cost of living?

“J would appreciate hearing
from other mothers on this sub-
ject—maybe we can get together
and accomplish something.”

Demand production,

sale of margarine —

DURBAN, South Africa. —
Housewives are calling on the
Mayor of Durban to support their
demand that margarine “be re-
moved from the ,jhands of the
Dairy Control Board” and that all
restrictions of the production of
margarine be withdrawn.

“The reason we are demanding
that margarine be removed from
the clutches of the Dairy Control
Board, is because this board is
protecting the manufacturers who
are afraid that margarine will
compete with. butter.

JOHN STANTON

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AUXILIARIES

Women support

Bill 39 fight

Delegates attending the conven-
tion of women’s auxiliaries of the
International Woodworkers of Am-
erica (CIO) at Bellingham last
week pledged their full support
to. members of all unions fighting
the Taft-Hartley Act in the USS.
and Bill 39 in British Columbia,
Mona Morgan, organizer for IWA
women's auxiliaries in this prov-
ince, told the Pacific Tribune this
week..

“Women whose husbands. work
in the woodworking industry know
that there’s a direct relationship
between a good union contract
and the food they eat and the
clothes they wear. They can ap-
preciate that any law which weak-
ens their union also weakens their
contract and lowers their living
standard,” Mrs. Morgan — said.
“That's why the resolution we
adopted stated frankly that we
took our stand ‘recognizing the
deep effect this will have on our

homes and families’,

A discussion on living costs was
given a prominent place on the
agenda of the convention, which
was attended by 32 delegates from
B.C., with a resolution adopted
calling for a special Session of
Congress in the U.S. and Parlia-
ment in Canada to bring prices
back under control.

Corrine Fisher of Everett, Wash.,
Wwas nominated for president .in
the forthcoming referendum vote.
She will be opposed by Agnes Lin-
dahl. Kay Rogers of Vancouver,
B.C., vice-president for the past
two years, was renominated for
the position, with Myrtle Slater
bas her opponent. Ann Maroni of
Bellingham will be opposed by
Wanda Brown of Reedsport, Ore.,
for secretary, and Nina Nurmi of
Lyman, Wash., will be opposed by

Ruby Packer for treasurer.

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TALKING THINGS OVER

The daily re und -

WITH THE slogan ‘Don’t buy it, bake it’ ringing in
my ears, I dashed home from a Housewives Consumer As-
sociation meeting the other night full of ideas for organizing
a ‘bread brigade’ among the neighbors. At the meeting we

discussed the increase in bread
prices caused by ‘the’ govern-
ment’s latest decontrol order, and
we came to the sensible con-
clusion that it was still far
cheaper to bake our own bread,
despite the 90 percent rise in the
price of flour. Hence our slogan,
‘Don’t buy it, bake it,’ or if you
prefer, ‘Save dough, make dough.’

Now, it’s simple to urge women
to bake their own bread, but
not so simple for some women
to do it. That’s why we're sug-
gesting “bread brigades.” The idea
is that -women in a block will
gather in one home to have a
baking bee. :

I know that many housewives
will bake their own bread, but
by organizing a bread brigade
those who have never kneaded
dough will have the opportunity
to learn; those who live in one
room and have no oven can

make ‘use’ of the community one,

and those who work and haven’t
the time or the energy to start
baking bread at night will be
able to obtain bread from the
brigade by donating flour or hard-
to-get fat. :

* * *

SO, THE NEXT morning bright
and early I tucked little John
under my arm and with Katy
clutching at my
the rounds of my neighbors.

My first call was across the
road to Mrs. D., whose three
little boys inhabit my back yard
from dawn .to dusk. She was

so enthusiastic about the idea
that she was ready to start
baking then and there and

phoned her mother to tell her
all about it. Her mother, by the
way, uses six loaves a day so
you can figure it out for your-
self that she would save about
thirty cents a- day by baking
her own bread.

Another woman said she had
already started baking her own
bread but was more than willing
to assist others. Two more house-
wives said they would join the
bread brigade as they had poor
ovens and were a little rusty on
bread making anyway. And so
on down the’ street until John
and Katy decided it was time
for lunch, and we headed for
home. So, to you women who
have not as yet started baking

cooperatively, how about going
out and organizing . a bread
brigade?

* * *

HERE IS the recipe I use for
making bread. It only takes four
hours or thereabouts, and is very
economical.

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to Sue Burnett, Federated Press
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Scald. one cup of milk and
add two tablespoons of sug4r,
two teaspoons of salt and a
generous tablespoon of fat. Add
one cup of cold water and a
yeast cake dissolved in two
tablespoons of warm water. Mix
in approximately six cups of
flour or until dough is satiny.
Place in greased bowl, and let
rise for two hours or until
double in bulk. Knead and
divide in two loaves and place
in greased baking pans. Let
rise for two hours or until
double in bulk and bake for an
hour in moderate oven. B.G.

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FINE CUSTOM TAILORING

For Ladies and Gentlemen :
501 Granville St.

PA. 1452

‘The people want a session NOW’
Friday, September 26, at 9.30 pm.

3889 West Pender Street

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AY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1947

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