Restoring the land

even with full state aid devastated by the Nazis.

veteran horticulturalist, examining Collective farm in the Ukraine to

the Nazis.

Farmers in the fiood-stricken. Fraser the heart-breaking task these Soviet collective farmers faced, for rehabilitation, This picture shows

Valley will appreciate

in restoring land Philip Shevchenko, trees set out on the Proletary replace those hacked down by

MP’s PLEA DRAWS WORLD RESPONSE

Women back crusade for peace

THE WOMEN OF BRITAIN are in revolt against the threat of the atom bomb ‘and a Third World War. Roused to anger by the recent Civil Defence debate in the House of Commons they are besieging MP’s by letter, tele- phone and telegram.

Motherly Mrs. Leah Manning— Labor MP for Epping—who start- led the House by her outspoken denunciation of “appalling” war hysteria, and her stouthearted de- elaration: “We are all ordinary human beings hating war and longing for peace”, has already received over a thousand letters and telegrams, and still they pour in.

All applauded her verdict: “The initiative should be taken in launching an international cru- sade to maintain peace,” and her cheery sitting-room in a bomb-re- paired house overlooking a quiet London square has been trans- formed into a world post office for peace.

Pointing to piles of correspond- ence, she told me: “I have re- ceived: letters from men and wo- men of all classes, creeds and par- ties, but the vast majority are

from mothers with young child- ren; often they are wives of ex- servicemen. All of them say: “Tell us what to do and we are ready to do it.”

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et IN INK, PENCIL, type, prose

THE HOUSEWIVES CONSUMER Association is really making itself heard these days and, judging by the spon-

taneous public protest,

the campaign against recent

milk

and meat price boosts will be highly successful. The delegation which went to Vancouver City Hall this

week to prod the city council into taking some action, brought out the highly undemocratic way in which our one-man milk board okayed the latest order increasing milk prices, with the result that the city fathers decided to ask the milk board what justification he had in ordering the recent price increase.

They also proposed to urge the federal government and Vancoau- ver MP’s to press for stabiliza- tion of prices to halt the trend to inflation.

The final resolution passed ure- ed the milk board not to author- ize further price increases with- out the subject being made a matter of public hearing.

I obtained a copy of the order authorizing the latest price boost and after reading it through I was all ready to go and see B,C. Carr and tell him what I thought of it;

There's the reference to past public hearings, for instance: “With minor reservations, the rates established were accepted as being fair and reasonable.) In other words, the general consum- ers’ opinions were a minor detail and the milk board gave in to the pressure put on by the distribut- ors and producers.

The report goes on to say that “.. the Board is not unmindful of the position of the consumer,” but “. . . conditions have develop- ed which have further aggravated the position of both the producer and the milk-dealer.” So instead of saying to the producer, Tm afraid the consumer can’t pay for your higher costs of feed) wages, or Hon. Herbert Anscomb’s “acts of God,” so let's get the govern- ment to re-establish its milk sub- sidy, the milk board says to the consumers, Sorry, but you'll just have to grin and pay it. Frankly, all of us are a lot more than ag- gravated, as the government will

find out to its sorrow when the next provincial elections roll around.

GETTING BACK to the House- wives Consumer Association, be- sides putting pressure on govern- mental bodies against profiteering, they are planning a mass demon- stration in Vancouver on Satur- day, June 26, at 1 o'clock. Every- one able to walk and hold a milk bottle is urged to meet at the Pender Auditorium, 339 West Pender, where the parade will start. This time we mean business and will continue to fight until prices are stabilized.

We are also being asked to boy- cott milk every Monday until the end of July. This, of course, will not apply to those with babies. For other youngsters, I would sug- gest that lemonade or other fruit juices will fill the bill adequately for one day at least. You could also buy tins of chocolate malted milk to which you need only add water.

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THE PTA should have some- thing to say on the prices issue, but most of its meetings are over for the summer. However, there are some local councils which have passed resolutions deploring inflated living costs, and asking for return of price controls.

I was speaking to Mrs. Mac- Donald, editor of the Parent- Teacher News this week, and we agreed that much could be done by groups such as the PTA, She termed the latest price increases disgraceful and said that if every woman addéd her voice to the general protest then the govern- ment would be forced into con- trolling prices. Let’s hope that there are thousands more who share Mrs. MacDonald's views on this.—B.G.

and verse they «fiercely, urgently bluntly -express woman's age-old horror of destruction.

Listen to Mrs, Joan Ogden— London mother of “three lovely children”. She writes: “You must surely have the united support of every woman on earth in your fine fight for sanity at this time in the world... :

Declaring “Let there be millions

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Summer Camp to open July |

Children’s Jubilee Summer Camp will be open this year from July 1 to September 1, it was an- nounced last week.

_ Rates at the camp, situated at Orlomah Beach, are $7 for 8 days, boat fare included.

The camp is now electrified and showers. have been installed,

Jubilee Summer Camp is the only trade union children’s camp operated on the Coast, and has made it possible through the years for thousands of working class families to give children a special vacation during the school holidays.

Full information can ed by contacting Mrs. ham at Dexter 2771 L.

After September 1 the camp is available for organized | picnics and meetings upon sanction of the executive, which may be con- tacted through Reg Lenfesty,

E. Ford-

camp manager, at the office of

the Teamsters’ Union.

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more to echo the dread in women’s hearts”, Mrs, Betty Lucas, another London housewife, writes‘ “Please please, please continue to protest for us. Be our hope for Life not Death. Reconstruction not De- struction.”

Seventy-six year old Mrs. Annie M. Roe says forthrightly: “I think that men have proved now, that as they have always the use of force at the backs of their minds they are no longer fitted to rule without the equal help of women.”

From an Oxford cottage, fiery- hearted Patricia Stuart indicts “the callous way men are con- sidering the preparations for war. Men have failed so hopelessly it’s time they listened to women.”

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THE WOMEN of Britain are

CHILD CARE

not alone. From France and Can- ada the angry letters come. Here are views of two Toronto women:

Anne Hirsch cables

“Am incensed to the point of frenzy by the bungling the world over.

tersely:

power politics of men Crusade for peace man’s businéss, Good luck.”

Molly L. Ackerman, 88 Cort- leigh Boulevard, Toronto, cables: “Women of goodwill who value peace and see it now dangerously threatened are with you in your crusade of peace.” j

is every wo

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MRS. MANNING says: “The in- itiative should be taken in launch- ing a world-wide ‘Maintain the Peace’ Movement and I believe our concerted efforts can be suc- cessful.’"—ANN KELLY.

Play is child’s work

FROM THE TiME the infant first reaches up to bang his rattle, until about the time he goes to school, his par- ants are thrilled to watch the tremendous strides in his ~ development as it shows up in his play.

Each day, while he is pJaying, he gives his parents new

evidence of a developing under- standing. They can almost see the most minute change in his mus- cular coordination; they can watch as he absorbs some new fact or idea and puts it into use. They are confounded by his mem- ory, and delighted at his growing ability to reason, and to solve his own problems. Most parents are quite willing to accept the tod- dler's need to play, and under- stand how he learns through this play.

Somewhere along the line, how- ever, some parents stop seeing the children learn while they play. It seems to them if the child is old enough to be critical of mother’s new hat he is old enough to “stop

this foolishness” and settle down ~

to something serious like violin lessons. : * * *

TO CHILDREN, play is not foolishness. It isn’t even amuse- ment: it is work. Even when we can no longer see the develop- ment, it is still going on. Children are learning to be adults. They are learning about the' world around them and how to live in it with each other; learning in play. They are actually training themselves to be mature.

This is the most important as-

pect of play, but it isn’t the only one. All children long to perform

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the marvellous feats they think adults are doing. In their gamés they can be the heroes (or vil lains!), the pilots, the star pitch- ers, the famous skaters, mothers, movie queens, anything they wish. Here they are in a world, peopled with their own kind, where their creativeness, imagin- ation, or even anger, has room to flourish and is understood. Here they can expand and give voice to thoughts which, at home or in school, would be greeted with pat- ronage if not ridicule, ee Once I heard an eight year old say ‘to a pal: “If the world were upside down, we'd all walk on our hands.” Even the most sym- pathetic adult would have been amused by such a ludicrous idea. The child wasn't being amusing. He was very serious, and his pal was just as serious when he sug- ‘gested, “We'd better begin to practice now.” Children, even as adults, need other human beings with whom they can communi- cate in complete understanding. Playing gives this opportunity. Parents should recognize the importance of play, and make every attempt to see that the child isn’t burdened with too many chores and assignments which leave him little or no time for this healthy aid to growth. —VERA MORRIS.

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