Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 21, 1937, Winnipeg, Manitoba Page four. House Harmony enactments during past session reveal keen interest of . S by f. C. Stevens work done by the first session of the 20th Manitoba Legisla Ture represented the up operation of the. Whole House to a greater degree than in Many years. No one group had a majority and that brought about a Keener interest in proceedings before committees and debates in the House. Out of a total of 115 Bills introduced 97 reached the statute books. By far the greater number of these were of local application carrying out the needs of different areas and municipalities. An outstanding example of co operation Between groups was the authority granted the government set up an economic Survey Board assisted by numerous committees to make a comprehensive economic Survey of the province. The sur vey will get underway this year and will probably be extended Over a number of years. It will be Jar reaching in scope with the objective ultimate remedial proposals to meet existing ills. Carrying out an established Cus Tom changes were made in the Highway traffic Law following a Public hearing at which organizations and a municipalities made known their views. These Amend ments were carried out without the slightest evidence of political discord. The chief changes Call for stricter supervision Over the Sale of wrecked or second hand autos and motor vehicle parts. This is aimed at ending what was de scribed As a growing Racket in Dis posing of stolen cars. Those who handle such cars or accessories must not dispose o them within 10 Days and also Musl file reports of the manufacturers Well As in fact. Administration of education has become a matter of governmental policy by the new department of education act. Duties of the department will be evenly divided Between a superin Endert of education who will control educational policy and the Deputy minister who will have charge of administration. Amendments to the securities act brought Down by Hon. W. J. Major ., were accepted by Errick Willis conservative Leader As a step Forward in providing greater Security for prior to consideration of the Bill by committee Ralph Baker and David Rossini managing Secretary to the Winnipeg Stock Exchange and w. R. Cottingham ., chair Man of the Public Utility Board appeared As witnesses before com Mittee. This legislative inquiry a which or. Willis and or. Major took a leading part served to bring forcibly to the attention of the Stock Exchange that a great responsibility rests on its members to afford the greatest degree possible of Protection to its customers. Municipal Relief municipalities financially hard hit will be Able by amendments to the municipal and Public Utility mrs. C. H. Diehl of Portage la Prairie who will be one of the three Manitoba representatives among the Canadian singers at the Coronation service in Westminster abbeys she is one of the 24 singers chosen from Canada and the other functions at which i the Coronation choir will sing Are the pre Corona Tion broadcast from St Paul s Cathedral on the. Evening May 9, and the Empire Day broadcast on May serial number or tax Relief changes in two per cent tax Law relieved persons from pay ing the tax and reduced Revenue from that source by while opposition groups fought for re Mcvail of this tax it became apparent to All it it were abolished some other tax would have to take its place if Manitoba were to keep its head tip financially speaking. By a Small majority the House upheld the government s position on the two per cent tax. By reasons of. Added exemptions a married Man with two children whose exemption up to now has been won t have to begin paying the until after he receives More than if he has More than two children there Are additional a. Exemptions of ?200. A child single person is exempt up to and if he gets a Little Over that amount the tax will be graduated to ensure his net income not going below House debate indicated that the government has taken very de finite Steps to secure a reduction in the interest of capital obligations and at the same time avoid measures that injure the province. It was revealed that 47 per cent of annual expenditure goes to paying debt charges. The House concurred in the View tha ultimately there must be reductions in the capital debt and interest payments and the government was urged to continue its efforts to secure reduction. The Royal commission to be appointed by the. Dominion is sex to give serious consider ti6h to the Point that Mam Tob and other provinces cannot continue to Bear the Burden of costly social and Public welfare service without. Adequate constitutions changes to enlarge Hie scope o provincial revenues. New education Law great Powers exercised for. Yeai by the advisory Board to the. Department of education have Bee clipped and the Board now a Board act to secure More rapid adjustments with creditors. The new Law reduces the number of Credi ors needed to consent to a debt adjustment proposed by the Board and the Board will have greater Cope in arranging readjustments f the interested parties fail to Gree. A new enactment approved by 11 groups in the House provides or formation of co operative societies called credit unions. Erving persons of moderate Means particularly in Rural areas the Moieties will create sources of Redit at reasonable interest rates promote Thrift and train members n business methods. Provision was made for exemption of payment of certain court yes under the Law fees act where tie litigants have not the Means of carrying their cases before the courts. The Law society and Mani Oba bar association up a soard of consider applications made to them by people of modest Means. The Board will determine whether their cases Merit being brought before the courts. If the decision is favourable a certificate will be granted and lie committee will assign lawyers of the cases. This was a govern ment measure. Difficulties of the City of Winnipeg in providing an. Adequate pension setup -.for. Its were again before the House., it was quite evident that the original pension fund is an condition and that the City Sions committee had heroically grappled with the problem of put Tig the fund on a basis that would assure civic employees of pensions on retirement. Proposals made by. The City met with severe opposition and apparently impressed Law Amend ments committee with the need further consideration. The Bill carrying out the City s. Pension proposals therefore was Given Lile for one year Only. In the meantime civic employees and City Council will Nave More time to give the problem further consideration. Powers of Winnipeg school Board who Are not expected to serve the full 25-year period require Oil for pensions were enlarged the legislature. At the same Tinikia City representatives in the House expressed the opinion that Gre it care should be taken in considering what effect amendments like thin will have on the ratepayers. Growing conviction that City enact ments calling for increased expenditures of Tae taxpayers Money should be submitted to plus vote of the ratepayers new Tabor Law an outstanding measure enacted by the legislature sets up a strikes and lockouts prevention act. It follows in the main provisions of Dominion Industrial relations Law which applies to certain industries coming under Purview of Domin Ion Powers. The new Manitoba statute is almost similar to the Dominion and applies to local industries such As fur workers Gar ment makers Bakers and the like. It is hoped that this Law will Settle Many disputes Between employers and employees and save the loss of valuable time and Money. An act that May be termed of doubtful value sets up a milk control Board of three persons. It takes away Powers exercised. By the Public Utility Board for the past four years and extends such control to any District of the pro Vince. The government s revision and consolidation of. Statutes was carried Forward among such enactments being the legislative Assembly act and the. Executive Council act _ seasoned observers of affairs 3n the of the opinion that the Law amendments commit tee was weaker in its work than in Many years past. The committee lacked the weight of judgment shown in former years. Missed were such members As Sanford Evans conservative Leader j. T. Haig Robert who now is or. Speaker. Hon. Stuart Garson provincial treasurer a member of the committee was unable to attend because of the of financial business. In the last week of the session j. S. Lament lib. Iberville was drafted to the committee to make up for what was Felt to be a Lack of Legal Talent. Hon w. J. Major ., committee chairman and or Ricc Willis conservative Leader were the Only members of the committee who took a hand in. The examination of witnesses in the inquiry into brokerage House failures. Refuses to pay for probe costs of the Long drawn out in Quiry by a Board of reference into the East Kildonan school teachers fracas which May amount to will not be borne by the Manitoba government Hon. Ivan Schultz ., minister of Educa Tion said tuesday. Exasperated by the prolonged proceedings the minister of Educa Tion had his department Busy tuesday looking up the Law in the matter. The verdict was that the inquiry into the Transfer of miss Ida m. Cook principal of Poison school to Salisbury school was carried out under the arbitration act. Expenses the investigation May be assessed toy the Board either on the losing Side or divided Between both sides or. Schultz was told. If miss Cook 1-oses, under the Law she could bet assessed the full Cost of the inquiry remuneration of the Board including v services of the school Board so lawyer and her own lawyer. If she wins East Kildonan school Board Tould be made to pay full costs including fees due the principal s lawyer. At the rate of a Day pay for each of the three Board of refer ence members the fees of the Board amount now to at least in addition to thai a stenographer supplied by the department of Edu cation gets an Houi the Board is sitting and a caretaker of the provincial building Board sits gets a Pight Lor his teacher dubbed miss Ida m. Cook charged with using sergeant major tactics charges that me Ida m. Cooky former principal of Poison school publicly humiliated her teachers in front of pupils., drove them by tactics and adopted doctrine of regimentation and a discipline of were made in a letter filed by c. W. Brock counsellor the East Kildonan school Board before the Board of reference sitting in the juvenile court build ing monday evening. Violet Day a Brandon Brandon Mil april 21. Spe chapter daughters of the Empire announced that the proceeds of Violet urday amounted to at the close of session Guild chairman of the Board of reference inquiring into the Rea sons for the Transfer of miss Cook from Poison to Salisbury school Early in March announced that commencing wednesday the Board will sit from 5 to 6.30 from 8 until 10.30 at night. No session was held tuesday evening. One of the Many letter filed by or. Brock a document handed in to the school Board May 8 and signed by members of the staff i of Poison school asserted that the acting miss Cook has conducted herself in such a manner in the carrying out of her duties As principal of Poison school that it serious consequences are4o. Be avoided remedial action the part of the Board will be Praise of miss Cook As a teacher organizer and Dutiful worker Fol Lowed but it is possessed of certain trails of character Anc deficient in an., extent which renders her unfitted Lor the office she now. Holds. Her treat t Holce one flow. Ilu Aua. Asci. Buscai. We ment of her fellow workers has for miss Cook. Frequently subjected us to in Umilia Ion not merely privately but be fore the eyes Olour the letter asserted that miss Cook had staffs methods of and would recognize none but her , it added is a doctrine of regi mentation and a discipline of fear directed towards both teacher and pupils. She fails to realize that other teachers fellow members of her cannot be driven by army sergeant major tactics but must be led in a manner which i per mits the preservation of self respect and the exercise of a reasonable amount of. Individual the letters were filed upon application by or Guild. We could get at the Core of this thing quicker if those letters were he the session opened monday after a five Day adjournment with miss Dyma a teacher continuing under examination by or. Brock. She was later Cross examined by c. Drewry counsel services. Seventeen sessions held. Seventeen sess oils of the Board have been held to Dale. As both sides Are represented by counsel it is expected that the Legal fees will amount to considerably More than the costs of the Board. It is quite the sitting runs on much longer that total the hearing will exceed the Mark. The Case had department of Edu cation officials wondering for some Days As it is without precedence. No Bofird of reference before has sat More than two Days. The pres ent Board functions under new. Law in the department of education. Ordinarily a Board of reference is paid for the first Day and if it sits a second Day and is paid by the department of Educa Tion. But the department takes the stand that the present inquiry after lasting longer than two Days under the act with witnesses being summoned becomes an Muir a under the arbitration act. The Case the costs come under. Arbitration act regulations. First strike clash Puppy love tragedy infatuated 19-year-ow youth slays schoolgirl sweetheart april 21. Up Henry Vraney 19, died tuesday As police stood by to charge him with the Puppy love 1 murder of his schoolgirl sweetheart. He died without denying that he shot pretty Mary Hartman 15, to death because she would t go Riding with him. Mary died a few minutes after Send in a suggested menu for a com num Wear Evoh. plete meal lunch dinner or will be judged on of Tom supper which includes aunt Jemima Dity simplicity putt Lalier a fat Palskis. Aunt Jemima Bui wheat of cakes or by lop Cut from pack if of aunt flour or aunt Jim Law Buck Whitt flour. Each week for 15 weeks the 20 menus considered the most acceptable by the you Mir submit As our desired ind win number of i Prim so Lou u etch Mott by m aunt Jemima Box c contest will claw 8. 1937. Send Ettna to c company. Box 100, Sukarno of sat White water ahead Wadi out to Tiff Rock under you yanked the Bow Over with fhe paddle til yanked and yanked. Jih fhe Good old paddle Bent do you remember but it did t break t s and Over she came. 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