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SOCIAL WORKER REPLIES

‘Work of married women

held as good or

“MARRIED women take a back
seat to no one in their ability
to fulfil the duties of their job,”
a married worker stated in an
interview this week following
Congress of Canadian Women's
action in protesting dismissal of
married women in the Social Ser-
vices Department

“very worker in our depart-,

ment has approximately the same
case load regardless of age, sex or

July 26 date
set for opening
of milk hearing

JULY 26 is the date set for the
provincial Milk Board hearings to
pe held in the auditorium of the
Medical Dental Building. This
announcement followed the ap-
pointment of Mrs. Rex Eaton and
Professor H. King to British Col-
-» umbia’s new three-member milk
- poard. Two main points to be
discussed will be proposed changes
in price and delivery system.

Congress of Canadian Women
will present a brief pointing out
solutions to these problems, such
as allowing sale of cheaper milk
in the stores as has been allowed

in Toronto; a government sub-
sidy; and a proposal to have the
government take over milk distri-
bution as a public utility.

Civic Employees (Outside

’ Workers, Local 28), Women’s Aux-

iiary has also prepared a brief

and it is reported that several

unions will make -gphacieeran ae eal
_ to the board.

better’

~ marital status. Quite frankly, I
found that after I had raised two
boys and tackled the job of being
a housewife, I was much more
able to understand the problems
of so many of our cases. I be-
lieve too, that married women are
more mature and stable on the
whole, and in some cases more
decisive when dealing with prob-

lems.”

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When asked for her opinion of
Alderman R. K. Gervin’s state-
ment flaiming that: married
women asked for special privil-
eges such as extended leaves of
absence Phe became very indig-
nant. “Certainly I know of cases
where. married women have ask-
ed for a bit of time off, but there
are just as many single girls and
men too who have made the same
request. It’s just a poor excuse
for discrimination, thats all!”

In describing her spore she ex-
plained that she had over three
thundred cases to visit, and al-
though the majority were Old
Age Pensioners who need to ‘be
“visited only once a year, there
were some who have particular
problems that take more time. |

Social Assistance and Mother —
Allowance cases were contacted
more frequently. She pointed out
that because of the limited ‘allow-
ances granted to such cases the
inevitable problems of household
economics became a constant
worry. Childrén in particular
suffered because of the lack of

~. sufficient funds in the home _to

maintain the same standards as
other children.

“Sure Johnny was caught steal-

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ing a flashight,” she said, “the
other boys had flashlights and he
knew it Was no use asking for
‘the money for one, so there was
only one alternative as far as he
could see. Johnny is a-nice little

fellow, and he misses his dad,

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who died suddenly deaving the
mother to cope with the prob-
lem of raising three youngsters.

“Tm working with Johnny. now,
trying to find some way we can
help him earn a little spending
money, for I know just how the >

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give her sons what other mothers
can.

“This is just one case I’m a Be
ing on now. Johnny and I are
good friends and ,I’d dertainly
hate to give’ up mry job. After .
all, it seems very silly to devote

five years of study at university

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to become a social worker only

| to find yourself disqualified from

your profession because two or
three years, later you decide to
do the most natural thing in the
world — and marry. I certainly
hope your women’s organization
can help’ us out on this problem
and I know the other workers

appreciate it too.”

that we: should do it again. ,

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Chapter of CCW
will be formed
at garden party

aH At tL ate

AN AFTERNOON garden party

to be held at the home of Mrs.
Stoneman 808 East 8rd, North
Vancouver, Wednesday, July 25;
will mark the foundation of a
new chapter of the Congress Of
Canadian ‘Women. | Mrs. Doris

Hartley, president of, the B.C. or-

ganization, will “bes ‘the speaker.

Tea will be served and other en- .

_tertainment has. been arranged.
All women interested in joining
this chapter are invited to attend. -

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DELEGATION HEARD

City aldermen support —
CCW in bread protest \

« CANADIAN NATIONAL Millers
Association could well pay any
increase in the cost of producing
bread from its enormous profits
in the opinion of Vancou-
ver aldermen whose support was

- sought by a, Congress of Canadian
p Women’s delegation last week.

The ‘Congress of Canadian. Wo-
men has protested ‘the recent in-
crease of one cent. a loaf, and

pointed out the many violations

garincs Act ees

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THE USUAL -Aarlibe of summer
visitors around our neighborhood
has substantially increased the
population which cavorts about
our lawn — or what’s left of it.
While the “youngsters think it’s
wonderful to have fourteen play-
mates instead of eight we have
our doubts sometimes when we
view the conglomeration of dolls,
buggies, trikes, paper and so on
scattered about. |

Toward the end of one potions
larly hot trying day when riots

were beginning to erupt, I des-

‘perately sndtched at the nearest
children’s book, tucked a tin of
cookies under my arm and raced
on ., the scene. In no, time flat a
circle of little muching angels
were sitting around me listening

to the story. We had a real lit-

tle community sing-song too, us-
ing nursery Th es, and even if
there were fourteen different

time , it sounded wonderful, It
seemed no time at all till bedtime
d we were mutually agreed

The moral of tert little
“I had promised
young Katy and John that we
would start a Junior Champ club
during the holidays as they had

taken such an interest in the new

youth paper Champion., -The idea
had been > put ‘off only becuse
I just wasn’t sure how to get
started. Well it seems that the
problem is solved now, and the
enthusiasm of the children has
even prompted’ me to make some
hand puppets so they can act out
little stories.

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by given the child.

. Tribune

So next time you have a “mob”
problem get together with the
kids and plan some fun together

“— activities the children them-

selves understand.and enjoy and
which at the same time give them
the feeling that working and play-
together happily can be lots more
fun than scrapping.
* *

ONE OF my ffellow women
workers in the sh came in one
morning absolutely fuming. Her
little girl had fallen with a glass
water jug severing the cords in.
her wrist and causing a bad hem-
The mother rushed her
to the hospital and by the time
they arrived her dress was soak-
ed with blood. But would they
admit the youngster and attend
to her immediately? No, they
had to know her name, her hos-

fas

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_ pital insurance number and of.

course, they wanted some money. « governments protesting

tunes being sung at the: same % While interns strolled about the

hall the admitting office insisted
that the mother contact her own

doctor, so it was nearly three \ paign carried on by leading
care “was (

hours before proper
This is just one case, every
one of us knows of others like it.
To add insult té injury, the
Hospital Insurance Service spends
our money on bulletins, ads, and
radio talks to “educate” us to
like the kind of treatment that
puts us, ak people, last.
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ods of business is shown py the ‘

‘ers in any one bakery is relt

' —BG.
PACIBIC TRIBUNE — JULY 20, 1951 —

“ohdtiy” booklet

by the six major flour and mill- j
ing companies. (McGavins Com
panies ,of Winnipeg, Edmonton ¥
‘and Vancouver, Canada Baking
Ltd. of Calgary, Western Bread
and Cake Ltd. of Winnipeg, 274)
Edmonton City Bakery). _ These
companies combined to set prices
on flour, rolled oats, mill feeds
“and coarse grains, thereby con
trolling 90 percent of the nation’s
flour supply. /

‘The effectiveness of their. meth

decrease in the number of § i
mills from* 412 in 1934 to 155 Ms
1047.

Letters sent by the B.C. provin~
cial council of the Congress :
Canadian Women brought a TeP
from Trade Minister C. D. ove
stating that a small increase vis
six cents a bushel had been
lowed on the price of wheat
cover carrying charges, but that
this would not make a significant
difference in the cost of prot
ing a loaf of bread.

Tt has also been shown that thé
small wage gains of the pake
workers here could not pos
increase the price of a loa
bread by one cent.
reason for this is that
day is mixed, handled and.
ped almost entirely by mac
and the actual number of

hi inetd

aly
- ly small. ery
Chaired by Alderman are
Sprott, the Social Services © c
mittee assured the CCW de ae

tion that letters would be wri
to both provincial and fed!

_crease in bread prices.

“Bake your own ppeadan

papers was termed ‘unrealistic
the delegation whose me”
had facts and figures of the
of baking home made bread:

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cost

It was tated: out that
housewives had the time or
ities for baking bread. enh
‘rooming houses with only im
plates for ‘cooking found it wiv?

_ possible. Thousands of house’
were also working and i
the time to bake every ™
Beek pointed out that itm
unreasonable to return tO 4
labor when mass, production core
turn out products more effi
and at less cost>-JEAN B,