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Mairily for women

CANDIDATE FOR NEW COUNCIL :

Dorothy Lynas is busy woman
‘in North Van district affairs

AFTER 18 YEARS of adminis-
tration of their affairs by a com-
Missioner, the people of North
Vancouver district will return on
February 10 to a democratically
elected municipal government.

The election promises to be a
lively affair with many aspirants

they seen in government bodies at
any level.”

Legally women have as much
right as men to hold public office

* but because of a traditional ob-

jection still accepted by many peo-
ple, women do not offer them-
selves as candidates.

for council and school board of- @ ‘Part of this traditional objec-

fice.

Among those running for coun-
Cillor igs Mrs, Dorothy Lynas, 838
Calverhall, the only woman candi-
date for this office thus far
nominated.

“Women constitute roughly half

‘of the citizens of Canada”, stated

Ts. Lynas, “yet only rarely are

tion is reflected today by .our
Municipal Act which does not per-
mit the spouse of a taxpayer to
have a vote. It’s true that the
spouse is not always the wife, but
because property in most cases is
in the name of the husband, the
discrimination reflects itself as
against women”, says Mrs. Lynas.

SEQUEL TO EVICTION

3 rooms for

going to keep on looking.

Payment,

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Czonks find new home--

THE CZONK FAMILY, evicted from their Powell Street
Slum quarters last week (see Pacific Tribune, January 19), are
now settled, at least temporarily.
still crowded in a three-room suite, but at least they feel much ~
better off than they were before in a $10 per month shack.

Still homeless: by nightfall, the Czonks took advantage of
Mayor Hume’s invitation to visit him at the city hall. However,
&% Meeting was in pr@gress and the Mayor was not around. It
Was not until very late at night that Joe Czonk with a friend’s
help-was able to find the place they now occupy. ,

“We phoned everywhere,” he said, “and then started up one
Street and down the next, knocking on doors and asking for a
Place to rent.” Finally their efforts met with success.

“Of course we’d like a house,” Yoe Czonk said, “and we're
; Y’d like to buy or build but with a
family of six to feed I can’t seem to save enough for a down
And building looks like a risky prorziosition; Vv
everything going for defense there’s bound to be shortages. 3

Czonk obviously felt insulted at being evicted on grounds of
non-payment of rent when actually the landlord had refused to
accept the rent in ‘order to force the eviction.

6 people

The family of six adults is

With

CORRESPONDENCE INVITED

Mrs. Lynas believes the Munici-
pal Act should be amended to
give the vote to spouses.

“Women -have a great deal of
practical experience in manage-
ment—they need it to manage
their homes and raise their child-
ren in these trying times,” she
asserted. ;

Mrs. Lynas is the mother of one
son, and is active in community
work in North Vancouver and the
district—Community Center, ARP,
Credit Union and Parent-Teacher
Association,

Children given
fo father who

deserted them ©

BECAUSE Mrs. Jean B. Field of
Los Angeles taught her children
to love peace and abhor racism,
they have been taken from her
and given into the custody of their

‘father who deserted them ten

years ago.

Legally divorced and given sole
custody of her children in 1940,
Mrs. Field allowed them to visit
their paternal grandfather, J.

_ Walter. Field,.assistant attorney-

general of the State of Oklahoma,
for a period last year.

Evidence from this visit was.
produced in Los Angeles court
recently »which decided Superior
Court Judge Harold W. Schweitzer
to give the children to the father.
The children had expressed demo-

‘cratic ideals, refused to abide by

their grandparents’ edict that they
must not play with Negro child-
ren.

- What have farm women to say
about business of high prices?

THE HOUSEWIVES’ dilemma
Of how to feed the family at this.
year's prices with last year’s pay
cheque gets worse by the day. In
Srocery line-ups there is grumb-

. ling on every side.

“Every time I come to the store,
Something has gone up,” says a
middle-aged woman with a look
of strain and worry on her face.
“I take boarders for a living so.
T feel it.” \ 3 :

“You're telling me!” agrees a
young mother as she edges her
toddler away from the candy dis-
Play “Look! Baby foods, three
©ans fora quarter! Last week
they were 3 for 22.”

“And meat!” some one ‘else
chimes in,
Ness to buy. A roast costs about

3.” Cae

“Even eggs are getting so high
you have to cut down on most
recipes.”

“Well; if the farmers are getting’
it, I guess we shouldn’t complain,”
kemarks an’ older woman. “We
farmed all through the depression

- and I. know what it’s like to slave
©ver a crop and then get nothing

“T just don’t know |

back but a freight bill.”
At this argument most women

fall silent. Women are not irres-

ponsible in their demands, They
need lower prices but they know
that the farmers must have a fair
return, But there is a nagging
doubt in many people’s minds that

.the farmers do receive a fair share

of the retail price. ;
i * * *

THE TRUE PICTURE of food
prices is too little known. ‘We do
know that when the price of milk
went ~up last fall the farmers

received less than one-third of.

the increase, Housewives remem-
ber with bitterness too that many
of the farmers themselves opposed
the increase. And now a further
increase has been brought in at
Victoria and Nanaimo. Are the
distributors getting the. lion’s
share of this too?

The Department of Extension
of the University of Washington
has released some startling fig-
ures on the price of bread in the
U.S. in 1949. When a 1-pound loaf
of bread cost 14.5¢ the wheat
grower’s share of this war 2.4.

In 1947, when bread was 13¢
the wheat grower got 8c. Thus

while the retail price went up, .
_the farmer’s share of it actually

went down. Research on prices
in Canada would no doubt reveal
the same discrepancies, and make
it clear that high retail food
prices do not benefit the farmer
any more than the city consumer,

The women’s page of the PT
has so far reflected the views.
chiefly -of city women. We have
no farm women writing to us.
Women on farms, won’t you write
and tell us your problems?

Do you sell as much milk at
19¢ a quart as you did at 17c or
15c. How much, do you receive
for apples that we can hardly af-
ford at 9c a pound? Do you
think the freight rates, prices of
feed and farm implements are
fair? What are the wages of
farm laborers? Why are soft
fruits priced so high we can’t af-
ford them even in season? Would
government subsidies on essential
foods help you? Let'us know what

‘you think, and address your let-

ters to the women’s page editor,

Tragedy of ores

For all its misery, this Korean child is more fortunate than
the thousands who have been killed and maimed in U.S. “satwra-
tion.” bombing of towns and villages, j

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FIRST PRIZE for pure unadul-
terated hooey goes this week to
the advertisement paid for by the
B.C. Federation of Trade and In-
dustry which you no doubt read
in your daily paper with as much
disgust as I did.

The heading reads “There is no
one to say NO to him” and goes
on to point out that your child
can go right to the top in business,
industry or one of the professions.
“Our way of life is wholly geared
to giving your boy exactly that
chance ... he may have to work
hard and fight hard to get the
education he requires. That won’t
hurt him . .. nearly every suecess-
ful man or woman has worked
hard and fought hard to become
successful;- But under our free
enterprise system there is no one
to say “NO” to him — no one to
say “Here is your spot in life,
and here you will stay for life”.
It is a pretty good system under
which to bring up your children.”

So next time your husband is
out of work and you're trying to
“live”? on ‘Unemployment Insur-

_ ance, just remind Junior that an

empty stomach gives one a clear
head and no doubt he will come
first in his class. Of course, a

little thing like poor teeth from

diet deficiencies shouldn’t bother
him. After all, when he becomes
successful he can have a pretty
gold plate made, although he prob-
ably won't need it then, as
all successful business men have
stomach ulcers, .

Above all, teach him to fight—
the dirtier the better. Remind him
that his opponents must be firmly
trampled down so they don’t re-

taliate. Tell him always to say

“

no” to those below him and

“yes” to the one above him. This.

is a sure way of getting ahead.
Of course, if papa is a managing
director of some respectable firm
it also helps, and if he drinks with
the boss and can tell a dirtier
story than ihe can, why he’s well
on the way.

So this is how we should train
our children — make them’ lie,
cheat, debase themselves, Bring
them up with utter disrespect for

‘their fellow man. , Maybe they

will be a success according te the
standards of big business, maybe
they will have money and luxur-
ies, but they won’t have a friend
in the world,

Frankly it’s a pretty tough job
trying to bring up youngsters
these days so they are decent,
clear thinking and able to dis-

‘tinguish right from wrong. It‘s no

good telling them that the world
they live in is all sweetness and
light, but on the other hand one
must be able to give to one’s
children that faith in the work-
ing people and their objectives
of security, peace and happiness,
which alone can win our children

‘to the side of progress.

HERE I GO preaching again
when I really meant to let off
steam about the price of woollen
goods. If you think the price is
high now, just wait a couple of

Months or maybe less and we’ll

all be raising sheep. Poor Grand-
ma went to buy a new coat last
week complaining that if she wore
her present one another year it
would be old enough te vote.
However, she returned empty hand-
ed and completely outraged at the
prices being asked. “All I wanted
was a coat, not half interest in
a woollen mill,” she said bitterly,
and carefully hung her old coat
-back in the cupboard.—B.G.

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