Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 5, 1973, Winnipeg, Manitoba To a women s ubin Portugal three Marias going to court Lisbon Keuter of the female in por portuguese women known the. Three Marias face with offences Here later this month Over Public morality their Book they wrote protesting has already received in publicity and the Trade due to begin oct. 25, three Days before the por general is i deny to cause a liter both Here and abroad. Three Marias combined tory write new portuguese letters an anthology of feminist Toronto up the con s t r u c t i o n trades Are male chauvinist bastions says mar Garet Scrivener progressive conservative member of the legislature for St. Poems and essays published in april 1973. By the time the secret police moved to seize the books in june Only about 100 copies of the first printing of remained unsold. Their unions Are violating the human eights code am Canadian Bill of rights by denying membership to women she told a woman s club luncheon co authors were interrogated and charged with offences against Public morality along with the publisher. They face jail terms of up to two years if convicted. Principle is simple Maria Isabel Ber she said. It is e n o 34, Maria Velho a whether women want jobs 35, and Maria Teresa the construction trades Are All established rather the elimination of Between them they Crim nation within the written four novels nine Striction trades of poetry and one of unions deny women the stories before their lat to become carpenters controversial work. Ers and title of their Book is but she said she will from a 17th Century Clas the ministry of labor to letter of a portuguese Ligate membership written by Mariana Al to her French Lover this she said May Teresa Horta a Well much More than lip poet who had one of her from both the big time seized about two leaders and their ago edits the literary friends in support of full of a Lisbon after men s rights and newspaper on which her in the Union who is president of i later William Lademah journalists Union also vice president x the International the other two both of electrical workers from their husbands Eft one third of its in the research depart e m b e r s in Canada Are women. But hone work on of Portugal s economics ministry. All three have Young Striction jobs. As protest against situation of women in for Packer immediately 1 for Mill order firm permanent petition. Expire Vinci and As a cry for female anticipating trouble from the stringent censorship on All written works in Portugal they Pimm Contact in. Not to sign any of the for appointment and articles and refused . Mail disclose to the police which the pieces each had written three admit that some of Xvi i Vyp Annii 1 House a residential Home for retired persons requiring supervisory Assis Tance. Board room and laundry. Resident . 123 Moy for ave. 475-6065 the work is is meant to be they deny any pornographic Content which is what they Are being charged with. Maria Horta said the plight of women in Portugal was basically the same As that for women throughout Fie world but aggravated by the political and religious systems Here. Owing to the old fashioned autocratic regime in Portugal and the underdeveloped state of the country salaries for w e n were considerably lower than those for men particularly among the working classes she said. Latest available statistics show that agricultural daily rates for Nien Are com pared with for women while the minimum Industrial men s daily rate is com pared with a women s rate of Horta claimed the roman Catholic religion was biased in favor of men and that women Here suffered whal she called sexual and family but she said the portuguese woman was no worse off than her Sisters in Spain or Italy in fact better off than in Italy where there was not even divorce for civil marriages. She said she was planning to form a women s liberation movement in Portugal later in the purely feminine movement and not connected with any political grouping which would inevitably be by men. Our fight is purely per Sonal Only for she said. Social structures throughout the world must be smashed whether in communist or fas Cist countries. Women suffer the same oppression under All political creeds and the Only advantage under the socialist system is that free Nursery accommodation is she said. The. Case first received inter National publicity when it was raised at a feminist conference in Cambridge Massachusetts last june. The meeting attended by women from 30 nations was said to be the first inter National feminist conference since the Suffragette movement and was to help. Plan a full scale International meeting next year in Belgium or Den. The conference called of demonstrations at portuguese embassies throughout the world to protest against the trial of the three writers. Portuguese intellectuals too have supported the Case of the three Marias who have a team of noted Liberal lawyers de fending them. Or. And mrs. Arthur Thompson of 502 landside Street will celebrate their 60th anniversary with an open House recep Tion 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 . Tues Day. Mrs. Thompson came to Canada in 1909 from Glasgow Scotland. Or. Thompson emigrated from England in 1905. The couple were married in Winnipeg oct. 9, 1913, they request no gifts be Given. Nutrition labels on food to scientist by Jocelyne soul Odre free press staff writer a consumer representative Aid thursday nutrition Labelling of foods Wori t mean any Hing to the average consumer. Joan Fries he Manitoba some companies whose labels invite Consumers wanting ingredient or nutritional information to mail in for it. Or. Chapman criticized this round about Way of getting information s see and on Page 19 registered nurses required immediately nights full time Only. Apply Chi Tel his duh 70 Poseidon May 4524204 Spring View apis. 30 Dogwood drive directly across from River East shopping Plaza East Kildonan featuring Mai torn fort living. Edit vitally includes Security doors with suite to lobby intercom electric heat and Light carpeting drapery coloured appliances laundry room on each floor air conditioning Cable . Lease now to be eligible to win a 1974 Vega it display open 2 to 9 sunday to Friday saturday 2 to 6 lease now and take advantage of the new rent reductions one 135.50 two bedroom parking extra september 1st occupancy phone 339-9411 Crystal builders Ltd. Phone 775-0458 Branch president of the con-1 we would prefer to find a meaningful form of nutrition Labelling to put it right on the food Many foods by he said citing standardized products such As bread Jam and ice Cream. Or. Odell Ito Wever believes affluent societies Are Over concerned with nutrition. The Industry representative said that although some re Mote areas face food distribution problems and that poverty is often equated with malnutrition the Only sector of the pop-1 Sumers association1 of Canada said because Consumers Haen t been taught nutrition hey would be unable to interpret Labelling and apply it n a meaningful Way. I can t see that Labelling Ivill mean anything to the Ordi nary consumer. Nothing i Ever earned at school Ever taught me How to interpret it. Consumers Aren t incapable of it but they just Don t know How she said. Mrs. Friesen was one of three panellists discussing food and nutrition Labelling at meeting of the Manitoba Sec Tion of the Canadian Institute of food science and techno logy held at inn. Consumers buy food not nutrition she said. Consumers want the Assurance that foods Are Safe but they can t be legislated into buying nutria mrs Friesen suggested the food Industry emphasize nutritional Quality in heir Advertis ing rather than Only Price and Quality in an attempt to Edu Cate the consumer. The study of nutrition she added must Start at the Grade 1 level. An Industry representative on the panel or. Arthur d. Odell of Montreal deplored what he termed the continuing problem of in this. Respect he said food manufacturers often operate in a pendulum manner. They do nothing and then they Over react. A lot of what is written on the labels is ludicrous. It is either meaningless or just Gar Bage that Means nothing to me even As a or. Odell a biochemist is the technical director of Indus trial Grain products Ltd. He said the compelling Rea sons to list nutritional Content on labels Are the allergies peo ple suffer. Labelling should be carried out but he cautioned there is a limit. Otherwise you can wind up with the Label being wrapped around a can four or. Doug l. Chapman of Ottawa director of the foods and nutrition Bureau of the Federal department of health and Wel fare s health Protection Branch discussed one alternative to food and nutrition Labelling. This now is being done by girls group Sells candies for funds members of Canadian girls in training will be Selling chocolates during the next three weeks to raise Money for group projects and the Winnipeg Board of Clit. Tea on saturday St. Andrews chapter of the Imperial order daughters of the Empire is holding a Tea Long with a Sale of baking novelties and books 2 to 4 . Saturday in the Assembly Hall of Eaton s downtown store. League bake Sale women s auxiliary to the Navy league of Canada greater Winnipeg Branch will hold a bake Sale to .. To noon saturday on the mall of Polo Park shopping Centre. Proceeds will to to educational Grants for league cadets. Illarion which is at risk nutritionally is the pre schoo child. The potential for a world wide shortage of protein has been partly caused by the in creasing affluence of some countries he said naming Japan. For canadians though the honeymoon is Over As far As food prices Are concerned he we a r e accustomed to spending 16 to 17 per cent o our income for food but the rest of the world is spending 40, 50, 60 and even 70 per Ceni of their income on food even if the percentage we spend climbs to 25 per cent and it s not close to that yet Well still be vastly better of than the rest of the said or. Odell. Indian my agrees with court ruling Calgary up Canada s i Nastory by definition because it Only Indian member of Parlia ment said this week the supreme court decision depriving India n women who marry non indians of their status As Indi ans was the Only decision pos sible. Maybe indians Are the orig Inal male Len Marchand member for Kam loops Caribou told a University of Calgary audience. But a definition based on equal treatment of men and women could swamp the re serves and end the Community which is the Core of Indian he said although he agreed the court decision clearly does discriminate against Indi an women All the country s Indian organizations supported it. Fundamentally it s a bad decision. Practically it s the Only decision Indian bands often Are concerned about their land and what could happen if non in Dian men married to Indian women were allowed to own it lie said. The legislation should be changed to permit Indian women married to non indians to return to the Reserve if they became divorced or widowed. Or. Marchand said the en1 tire Indian act is Dis Crimi. Sets indians apart from the rest of society and treats them differently. However some special legislation for Indian people was necessary. The Indian land will require Protection. For the foreseeable future there will be special requirements needed to protect the identity of the people and to safeguard their the Indian act must be re Vised at some Point he said and because of the new aware Ness of Indian people Aboul their history and possibilities for action they will have a great Deal to say about what form new legislation should take. Indians Are losing the sense of inferiority they had in the past and Are organizing on the National and local Levels he said. Indian land some of which is very valuable is an important part of their heritage and should be preserved for future generations he said. But at present no Indian could lease his land to a non Indian with out having it approved at the Federal level. He said Indian bands should be Able to administer their lands to a greater extent than now although they should t be Able to sell land to a non in Dian. Sears meet Hedi at Garden City come in and meet Hedi. Lewis in the housewares dept., Garden City store on saturday from 10. To 5 . Handing out free copies of her october bulletin. Don t miss out on the Hunting recipes Beauty hints and news of upcoming events. Come and visit Hedi. Shell be glad to share her House hold hints with you. Bring your favorite recipe and Hobby to the House wares dept. At either the Polo Park or Garden City store. If used in future bulletins you May win a prize. Simpsons Sears Ltd. Kmart stores closed Mon. 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