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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 23, 1957, Winnipeg, Manitoba Page 4 Winnipeg free press saturday november 23, 1957 National Hospital insurance where it All stands now by Bobeeta Phillips Canadian press staff writer 32 to defeat a Kcf non Confidence motion urging immediate Federal payments under the hos Canada for nearly 40 years Fin ally appears near realization de spite a number of obstacles yet to be surmounted. Some of the hurdles May be government committed or. Diefenbaker said in the de Bate the Kcf motion the worst kind of red herring and try to which to act. It aume 01 ule opportunism and that overcome m Ottawa nov. Zo-26f from to to when the provinces meet the fed ure Cral government at the Federal provincial fiscal conference. J w m Monteith health considered to be in legislation for the plan was approved by the in parliament and Why Ontario announced last month Federal Aid cannot go to each that its plan dependent on fed province As its plan is already pro Oral support will begin Jan. 1, Vidag the required six remain 1959. Alberta has had a scheme committed. During the nov. 18 debate or. Monteith said he had obtained Legal opinion about this question which indicated when it has become Law in the no matter if they do not undertake to make a pay ment of benefits until some he said months in the future it is still was by government was committed to of commons ast april 10. Before a f. The general election setting up a r 5 Ted a the important Points scheme to be financed on a so basis with the provinces. The House voted 185-0. No specific Date there was Ever no Date mentioned the Federal legislation brought Down by the liberals last april said the f e d e r a i government would pay half the costs of stand at the me How Hospital care and diag Nosuch services when six prov in nose pcs right begin one Date most fre representing a majority of gently mentioned since has been Quentlyn mentioned since Jan. 1, 1959 when a proposed on Tario scheme is scheduled to be Gin. In the commons nov. 18, prime minister Diefenbaker said lie pro poses to discuss the National plan at the Ottawa fiscal conference wit i the premiers provinces that have indicated approval. He said if there was reasonably unanimous agreement among the provinces the plan would Start at a far earlier Date than has been he also said his government would introduce at this or the next parliamentary session any changes in the Hospital insurance act needed to bring the plan into effect at the earliest possibility. Later the House divided 142-1 participation. Have Legista. Authorizing their since then seven with the required population have agreed to enter. There has been general debate he said there Are still import ant Points to be resolved in consultation with the provinces and we ars going Forward with this legislation very he said a meeting would be held in Ottawa dec. 5 with provincial health officials. By mid november Only two provinces had the required plans in was the first to begin a scheme of its own in 1945 and British co Lumbia got under Way in 1949. Both have said they would like Federal payments to begin by next Jan. 1. Since 1949, sharing costs with municipalities and expects to launch a hew More extensive scheme under the Federal proposal by next april. The other three committed provinces Newfoundland Prince Edward Island and Manitoba have not announced any plan yet of the remaining three Nova Scotia and new Brunswick have sought further information but have not yet made any announce ment. On nov. 19 Premier Duplessis told the Quebec legislature tha the province is considering the possibility of entering such a scheme. It was Quebec s first official reaction to the Federal proposals. He said no plan would effect before 1959 and his govern ment was in no hurry to decision. But it was ready to Dis cuss the matter. Of the seven agreeing prov inces none has actually signed an agreement with the Federal government. Mental to patients big Hospital insurance Issue by Robert Phillips Canadian press staff writer major quarrel with the actual eyes examined Harold m. Black optometrist phone wh2-5j08 Mitchell Copp Ltd. at Hargrave open Dally 8 . To 0 . Defever Auto machine 460 Balmoral St. Gives you fall healer of pet 60 from your present car Heater now the trips you be hated because they be been cold trips going shopping pick ing children up at school visiting meeting commuter pleasure with minit heat full Heater output in 60 seconds fas defrosting fast engine warm up cuts cold Start Wear my nit heat gives you fast heat your present car Heater. No waiting for a cold engine to warm up before you get heat in 60 seconds warm air floods the car fits under the Hood connects to present heating system. Stop in sae us about installing minit heat in your ear. A product of Stewart Warner corporation of Canada it. Ontario terms of the Federal proposal on j Hospital insurance has been Over ithe exclusion of Federal assistance for tuberculosis and mental patients. Last april when in opposition the conservatives tried unsuccessfully to Amend the Bill to redefine the term Hospital to include care of to and mental patients. Only Ontario specifically the Ontario proposal do not re strict the number of Days allowed in Hospital in any one year and each makes provision to cover residents who become ill while travelling outside their Home province. The total costs and methods of financing differ in each of the four. Saskatchewan s plan Cost an estimated in 1956, its year of operation or about eludes to and mental patients within the terms of its proposed insurance but apparently All provinces would want Ottawa to write treatment for both into a National insurance plan. Saskatchewan and . Now finance Hospital treatment for All to and mental patients under separate arrangements and in Alberta the province pays for Complete to Hospital care and All but a Day for mental patients. When health ministers and their deputies from All provinces except Quebec met in Toronto in september they named both High in their discussion of the Federal Hospital insurance plan. Out of that meeting the provincial ministers recommended Extension of Federal benefits to to and mental patients Federal participation in the capital Cost of construction or expanding hospitals Federal assistance toward existing capital Federal participation toward the Cost treating out patients on the same basis As for in patients establish ment of a waiting period before residents Are eligible or More flexible definition of residence qualifications in the Federal act land continued total Federal responsibility for the treatment of treaty indians eskimos recipients of War veterans allowances mariners and immigrants. The provincial ministers also asked for a committee jointly representing Ottawa and the provinces to study the scale of Federal contributions for submission to a subsequent Federal provincial conference. Many problems comparison of some aspects of the four existing and proposed provincial schemes gives some idea of the problems involved in integrating a National plan. Aside from to and mental hos Pital care the four provinces All seem agreed on the Type of stand Ard Ward Hospital care and diag Nostic services covered. The Only divergence in coverage readily seen appears in the Ontario proposal which would provide out patient treatment for persons who apply at hospitals for Emer gency treatment within 24 hours of an Accident. The Saskatchewan . And Alberta plans do not mention out patient care. The three Western plans and in a person. It is available to All who pay annual premiums of for a single person and s45 maximum for families collected directly by the provincial govern ment and payable by nov. 30 of the preceding year. All who do not pay Are prosecuted. Cover half of Cost estimates tie premiums pay about half the to of at least 12 months and will Cost an estimated in the first year. The province Hopes to collect about 10 per cent from patients deterrent fees part of the remainder will come from the municipalities who Are setting up a special three Mill tax based on assessment to be equalized throughout the prov Ince. When Ottawa enters the Pic Ture. Alberta estimates the fed eral share will be about 000. Full details of the new Alberta plan have not yet been bounced. The proposed Ontario plan to begin Jan. 1, 1959, will Cost a single person a month and a family at the outset premiums will be collected compulsorily on a payroll deduction basis from employees of firms with 15 employees. Others May Tal Ost the rest is a sed Caray from a direct sails tax of three pay voluntarily. Eventually on from a direct sales tax of three s to of u residents. Per cent two per cent go for Edt the Iris easy Tor Caw Heater fan for wonderful round in Winter fan summer completely portable decorator Toucan Battery Charger to ensure cold weather starting free i your Battery fully charged. Plugs into Wall receptacle .6 and 12 Golf cation and one for the Hospital plan and the balance from Gen eral provincial funds. There Are no additional charges during the period of hospitalization. British Columbia began by lev Ying a personal Premium but dropped it apparently because the province found difficulty in enforcing collection. In . Only persons resident for 12 months Are eligible for Hospital care under the plan and there is no ready estimate of their number. In 1956 the plan Cost an estimated there is no estimate of per Cap Ita costs because All citizens Are not covered. The plan is financed by a five per cent direct sales tax on a wide variety of goods a detergent fee of charged each patient for each Day in hos Pital and from an additional Grant of 70 cents daily a patient paid by the provincial and Muni Cipal governments jointly. The present Alberta plan applies to about 70 per cent of the population ratepayers who pay a special municipal tax of vary ing amounts and non ratepayers who voluntarily buy contracts for about a year from municipalities. In addition patients in hos Pital Are assessed a Basic a Day plus one Quarter of the costs extras which amounts to about another a Day. The province and the municipalities share the balance of costs 1956 to talled including Cap ital costs and interest or per capita. Plan new scheme the new Alberta plan to Start next april will cover All residents Ontario estimates its plan will Cost in the first year including costs for to and men Tal Hospital care. The Federal government s share is about 000 and the province expects to raise half of the remaining through the premiums and the balance through its Gen eral Revenue accounts. Gen. Been Nan hitching the Canadian army s adjutant general Michael Leo Brennan 53, wet l retire succeeding him in that Post will be . George 47, now vice chief of the general staff. _ women want More decisive act for school discipline the Manitoba school act has nothing Concrete in it to sup port teachers or principals who must take drastic disciplinary action the provincial Council of women charged Friday in a Brief to the Royal commission on Edu cation. The Brief which also urged re vision of the act to make possible he expulsion of troublemakers from schools stated that three disciplinary matters have gone a beyond control in Manitoba schools. In making its recommendation that the disciplinary clause in the act be enlarged and clarified to give the teacher some authority in maintaining discipline the Brief said specific reference in mental Homes during 1956 Ottawa record 71, 351 canadians required ins Titu Jonal mental care during 1956, he Bureau of statistics reported Oday. The 1955 figure was British Columbia led in Volun tary first admissions to psychiatric institutions accounting for 55.5 per cent of the total against 54.9 per cent the year before. Divorced persons outnumber single persons seven to one among new admissions while widowed persons outnumber unmarried persons three to one. The increase in total number o patients amounted to 2.5 per cent and placed the rate for each 100, 000 population at 447.7, against 447.3 the year before. Of the 1956 total were on leave of absence from hospitals while were resident patients. _ investigation into the possibilities of in service training for teachers who wish to remain in the teaching profession but who Are not adequately equipped to handle the work which is their responsibility. Teaching of latin and Bri Tish history for at least one year. Of appointment of a director of English to raise the Quality of English in the schools. Of a recommendation that the department of education assume responsibility for the systems of reporting used in informing parents of their children s achieve ments academic and for establishing standards of testing and widow sues but can t regain husband s car Toronto up or. Justice f. H. Barlow has dismissed an action by a widow for Possession of her husband s car which he gave to a Friend before flying to Winnipeg in june 1956. Nellie Cecile Thompson of suburban Scarborough widow Charles Edward Thompson 55, said Marie Mechan of suburban East York wrongfully retained Possession of her husbands car since his death. Or. Thompson manager of lieutenant governor named for Pei Ottawa up former pre Mier William Joseph p a r n e 11 Macmillan of Prince Edward is land has been appointed Lieuten ant governor of that province it was announced Friday. A physician and surgeon and aged 76, he succeeds t. William Prowse 69, in office since 1950. A conservative he Mier of the province oct. 14, 1833, and held office until aug. 15, 1935. For increased efficiency in the province s examinations. 0 a recommendation that the department of education initiate action with other provinces in the matter of agreement on Basic requirements and standards Edu cation j these recommendations were compiled following the circulation of an opinion finder in 50 Manitoba centres. The Brief said 250 forms were completed in their Survey. A recommendation based on re solutions endorsed by the coun cil s entire membership urged the appointment of Rural supervisors to give help and guidance to inexperienced teachers. The Brief also recommended that the department of education Gestetner Canada limited died give a credit of three units for in Winnipeg of a coronary Throm Bosis a few Days after the flight. Miss a Friend of or. Thompson and who was in charge of the duplicating department Al Gestetner received the car its keys and the ownership permit endorsed in Blank from or. Thompson before he flew to Winnipeg. She said the car was Given to her in contemplation of and denied she wrongfully retained its Possession. Or. Justice Barlow agreed and dismissed mrs. Thompson s action for Possession and damage or in the alternative 000 damages. The accused did not like air travel or. Justice Barlow said and apparently was fearful of what might happen. The evidence clearly shows that the gift was Only intended to be completed upon the death of the famous it Dies at Mary Martin who will Star As the internationally famous Sharpshooter Annie Oakley in a two hour to production of Irving get your gun on cwt at pin. Nov. 27. John Baitt will co Attar in the production As Frank Butler. Mass., special Nyht Francis Henry Taylor 54, director of the Worcester Art museum and former director of the metropolitan museum of Art died Friday in memorial Hospital Here. He was the youngest director Ever to take Over the husbandry of the metropolitan museum of Art when in 1940 at the age of 37 he step Ped into line As the fifth director since its incorporation in 1870. Only 28 born in Philadelphia he was the son of the late or. William John son Taylor former president of the College of physicians of Phila Delphia and mrs. Emily Buckley Taylor. He attended Kent school and the University of Pennsylvania. Then he went to Chartres France where he. Taught English. Following graduate work in Sev eral universities in Europe he studied medieval Art at Prince ton University and then in 1928 landed a Job As assistant curator of the Philadelphia museum of Ait. He was Only 28 when he became director of the Worcester museum in 1931. He was the Only elected a trustee of the Metropolis when he resigned the trustees named him director emeritus and a special consultant. He left the metropolitan to resume his work at Worcester because the less duties at the smaller museum would allow him time. Of Complete great Deal of unfinished should be made to enforce the wearing of suitable dress the Observance of the rules of common Courtesy and the insistence students refrain from using to Bacco on the school still under the category of discipline the Brief recommended that the clause in the act referring to dangerous weapons been Large to include clasp knives explosive materials. Other recommendations made incl fled plan closer co operation in n. Guinea Canberra the australian minister for territories Paul has Luck and Netherlands minister for overseas territories g. P. Helders said in a joint statement issued recently that plans for greater co operation Between the australian and the dutch administrations in new Guinea included increased Exchange of experts and scientists Between the two administrations. Since the e principle of australian dutch co operation in new Guinea was Laid Down in Canberra in 1953, there had been Many visits be tween the two territories or. Hasluck said. Dutch West new Guinea and the australian territory of Papua new Guinea could learn much from each other in the Fields of Medicine education building Nat Ive affairs administration and of Medicine education building poles build More ships Warsaw Heuters polish shipyards will produce 26 per cent More ships next year than in 1957, Warsaw evening newspaper express Wie Czorny re ported Friday. Marking. 0 a recommendation that All Grade 9 and Grade 11 students write examinations. 0 the appointment of a direct i Tor of examinations responsible successful completion of the course at the school of Nar Cotic education. In urging that More books be Given to school libraries the Brief referred to a report of the Cana Dian youth commission published in 1943. This Book a study of the major problems of Young people from 24, listed the replies of students in each province to Many questions. One. Of the questions asked was did your schooling Lead to any of the following results in your Case participation in sports Reading habit enjoyment of music interested in Public the Brief expressed concern that Reading was placed first in six provinces and second in two others while Manitoba alone placed it third following sport and Castiel hour Woi i itwaru rust proof cant Chip or crack Shock proof up to 10 years protective warranty Ivert in at Lew .20 he acids bring Safe comforting Relief from stomach disorders at All drug counters Vancouver to vote on sunday sport Vancouver up City Council voted Friday to ask Van Couver voters in a plebiscite dec. 11 whether they favor Commer Cial sport on sunday afternoons. By a Bare 3-2 three councillors absent from the agreed to submit to a vote the same plebiscite which received approval from a Small majority two years ago. 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