Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 16, 1973, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press tuesday october 16, 1973 Omen s news 15 welfare Laws called immoral by Jocelyne soul Odre free press staff writer archaic and immoral Laws which have women As their targets will persist until women change them Sylva m. Gelber said monday. Of Ottawa director of the Federal women s Bureau said the Laws still exist not because the legislators Are evil but rather be cause no one has made any fuss Over the Laws. She was referring specifically to sections on provincial Wel fare and workmen s compensation which she said discriminate against women by the moral judgments they con Tain. She spoke to about 45 people who attended an open meeting of the Manitoba action com Mittee on the status of women. The Law has no place in the bedrooms of the nation she said and added it has no place in the bedrooms of the poof women of the nation. Welfare legislation that cuts fifty pieces of clothing in suitcase Florence Reuter Emilio private life a for All practical purposes the Prince of italian read to Wear fashions has designed a 50-item vacation travel wardrobe that can be squeezed into a single suitcase. The idea of no car travel clothes was an immediate Suc Cess with the crowd of fashion buyers and writers gathered in Florence this week for pre views of Spring and summer 1974 fashions. They also applauded the prices exceptionally Low by luxury ready Tel Wear stand Ards. The entire collection from bikinis that doubled As under garments t b sweater topped Ball gowns was made to retail for a minimum of to a maximum of cold sores Anbe sol. Cools soothes helps prevent infection and promotes rapid Healing. Off a woman because of her moral behaviour has no place in either Federal or provincial most Canadian provinces have legislation that contain hang overs from by gone Days she said. In Ontario for example she said welfare benefits Are pay Able to those in need of such minimal assistance. But in the act there is one paragraph which says a woman May be entitled to Wel fare benefits if she lives As a single what if a woman happens to be married miss Gelber asked. What if she is deserted by her husband and left with Young children but without any Means of support miss Gelber said a woman in such circumstances who received welfare benefits would find that her neighbors had been asked about her private life. Did a Man leave the House after if the answer is yes miss Gelber continued the woman and her children Are Cut off welfare. Women who receive pay ments from workmen s compensation boards and a pension when their husbands Are dead May also be investigated by those boards she said. If in the View of the Board her. Be Havior in t meeting the moral standards of that Board her payments May be we Are the women who Are the targets of those immoral and archaic Laws which permit snooping and they will remain bad until we All do something about at the time when the were formulated miss Gelber said it was assumed that when a woman married she was being supported and. Her Hus band was responsible for her maintenance. If any woman who had once been married had any kind of a relationship with a Man other than her husband the presumption was that it could Only be for Money. The purpose of the Law. Was to make sure that a woman with that kind of income would t also be getting Wel fare and legislators Tell women that certain Laws such As the mar ried women s property acts were developed for women s but those Days Are gone and women no longer Are pro there s a Wool pure Virgin Wool Tabe by a. Gordon for a Fine fashion Silhouette and Fina tailoring the natural drape of the pure Wool worsted fabric assures perfect line and lasting shape. Ring Mink Collar slip pockets Silky Frog closings add quiet Richness. In Black. Sizes 10 to 16. 350 Portage ave. 942-6694 Polo Park shopping Centre 783-0206 tested by Laws that allegedly once protected miss Gelber cited a recent Alberta Case in which a woman who has ranches with tier husband for about 20 years was denied any share in the property or earnings by a supreme court decision. Something is wrong there and i suspect it s the she said. Miss Gelber urged women to let their legislators know we won t tolerate such clauses in the the Days of silence Are Over for the Canadian woman she said and added we live in a society where you can bring about change. It s not True that you re helpless. You can bring about change but not by sitting on your hands and keeping miss Gelber said. Food Speculator Given privilege to plunder9 by Jean Sharp up women s editor Toronto up food commodity speculators add nothing to the value of the product and their profits come irom citizens pockets says Hanuschak to open party at Cathedral Manitoba education. Minister Ben Hanuschak will open the annual fall Tea of Lesya Skrainka Branch of the ukrainian women s association of Canada to 5 . Sun Day in the auditorium of holy Trinity ukrainian orthodox Ca thedral main Street. Home Jak Irig will be for Sale. Thanksgiving Brunch St. Andrew Bobola Parish Council of the Catholic women s league of Canda will old the annual thanksgiving Wunch . To 4 . Sunday in the Parish Hall 451 Marion Street St. Boniface. Baking and handicrafts will be for Sale. Tea will Mark 90th anniversary Crescent fort Rouge United Smirch Nassau Street and Wardlaw Avenue will hold its 90th anniversary Tea 2 to saturday. Food and hand Vork will be for Sale. Period costumes will be worn arid a facts displayed. Supper on Friday Hon. Colin chapter of tie Imperial order daughters of the Empire will Lold a shopper s Buffet supper to 7 . Friday in the As Sembly Hall of Eaton s Down Sowri store. Ramah school Tea Ramah hebrew school s r a n t Avenue and Lanark Street will hold the annual fall Tea 2 to . Sunday at the school. Proceeds will be used to buy science equipment. Group Tea Dvorah Drachler chapter of Pioneer women s organization will hold the annual fall Tea 2 to 5 . Sunday at the organi z a t i o n s Headquarters 1727 main Street. Gordon Hill president of the Ontario federation of agriculture. Speculators Are pirates who have the privilege to he told a forum on food prices monday night. In reply to questioning from Beryl plump re chairman of the federally appointed food prices review Board he de fended Price rises As evidence of the Law of Supply and de Mand working for once in the Farmer s favor. Mrs. Plump re had asked if marketing boards do not spec ulate. She said the White Beans that go into baked Beans Cost a hundredweight last year. This season they opened at and after several rises now stand at or. Hill said if farm incomes have gone up 43 per cent As statistics indicate they now stand at he described that As the family income for managing an business the average figure for Ontario farms. And the increase did not take into account increased costs. Farmers Are suspicious of both ceilings and floors on prices or. Hill said. Basically Farmers Don t Trust society to worry about them when prices Are mrs. Plump re told the 150 persons in attendance that solutions to the food Price Situa Tion must include increased productivity and efficiency throughout the Industry. She said retailers Are still guilty of misleading merchandising practices. The key is an agricultural policy that will ensure a con Stant Supply. Have to do something in Canada to make sure Farmers have a turn on investment and Are not subject to vagaries of the world Thomas Bolt ii president of Dominion store s said retailers Are not making exorbitant profits. Our business has doubled in five years but our profits Are standing he said that of spent in. A supermarket goes to suppliers to store employees 78 cents on premises 34 cents on advertising and administration 17 cents on Feder Al taxes 14 cents on municipal cents is re invested and 11 cents goes in dividends to shareholders. By Pamela Bottomley free press staff writer unions solely for working women Are unnecessary the director of the Federal depart ment of labor s women s urea said monday. Instead women determined o improve their working conditions should work within sex sting Trade unions to achieve equal employment opportune ies and benefits. Sylva m. Gelber of Ottawa old approximately 30 persons attending a noon hour seminar at the Young women s Christ an association Webb place hat unions give the individual equal Power with the employ s an individual in t on equal Jasis with an employer who Las the right to fire him when in tries to make an equitable employment arrangement she Aid. A e n Learned the lesson rears ago that unions Are the membership Tea family physicians wives Lub of Manitoba will hold a membership Tea 2 to 4 . Thursday at the Home of mrs. Wayne Van Home 2558 Pine Vood Avenue St. James Assiniboia. Whist wednesday the ladies Aid of St. Martin a the Fields anglican Church will sponsor an evening of whist games .wednes Lay in the Parish Hall 160 Smithfield Avenue West Kil Onan. I Canada is country of Corn and peas by Nancy Craig free press food writer Anneliese Sommer. Ate Corn Pri the cob for the first time in her life this year in Canada. The attractive dark eyed Brunette wife of oktoberfest director Hans Christian som Mer explained in an interview Corn is used solely As livestock feed in Germany. Consumers can t even buy it in the stores she said. I was astonished when it was served to me As a Winnipeg Ger r o 1 f Martin acted As interpreter during the interview at the Winnipeg Arena monday night. Mrs. Sommer noticed an other Peculiar Canadian food habit Green peas seem to be served at every she said she was served More peas in one week in Canada than she would eat i a year in Ger Many. Or. And and their 18-year-old daughter live in the West German University town of marburg just North of Frankfurt. Group will promote monarchy advantages by Gail Pacholok Brandon special it s Lime for Young canadians to become better acquainted with Canada s monarchical form of government. So believes Jessie Kelly of Winnipeg Manitoba provincial president of the Imperial order daughters of the Empire. Speaking at the second of six rotating Semi annual meetings to be. Held in the province mrs. Kelly told local Iode chapters last week that school age children Are unfamiliar with the particular advantages of monarchical system of government. She then asked the group of 40 meeting at the Brandon Golf and country club to work to wards the appointment of Pru Mary chapter conveners who would receive and distribute information about the Mon Archy. In an interview later mrs. Kelly expanded of the program. Some hold the so she s the Queen of Canada what does she she represents our government. And As Long As we have a monarchy it denies an Ordinary individual such great mrs. Kelly cited the water Gate scandal and recent cc4lps d eat As a result of too much Power held by one you Don t have this in a monarchical form of govern she said. Elizabeth Morrison National chairman of the order s Crown and Canada committee had asked provincial presidents at the june annual meeting to urge participation at the local Evel. Each local Crown in Canada convener will be sent material to give to interested teachers. Mrs. Kelly said the program1 is wholly dependent on the individual teacher. He or she May not have Given the Mon Archy too much thought As a result of not realizing the importance of she said the order is the Only Canadian organization allowed to take material into and assist the schools. Many chapters live adopted certain schools to help them build up libraries. As Well the order supports a bursary and scholarship pro Gram. We Don t want to do any thing contrary to the rules and regulations of the provincial department of education. How Ever we Hope this Maleria could be used As a teaching Aid or an auxiliary in social studies mrs. Kelly also believes in strength in if other Powers feel strongly that the monarchy is redundant we who know the advantages and that includes those who have experience oppression under a dictatorial government can stand up and be other programs undertaker by the order include a hearing tester and a gift shop both in Winnipeg. The meeting was sponsored by Duchess of Norfolk chapter in Brandon with Souris car Berry Boissevain and a w a n e s a representatives present. Or. Sommer is a tourism official and this is the family s second year promoting oktoberfest in Canada. During the interview mrs. Sommer said All food prices in Germany have risen ably in the past year. Con Sumers Arent very Happy about the situation she said Sut As yet there Are no organized vocal consumer groups such As those existing in Canada and the United states. Inflation has taken place Over the last few years but it Nas gained considerable momentum Over the past months she said adding that govern ment and Consumers Are find no it difficult to control. She said she believes food and housing Are More expensive in Germany than in can Ada estimating the average wage earner makes about five Marks an hour with a Pound of butter costing about four Marks. In most a German couple wants to live Comfort ably it is necessary for both husband and wife to work mrs. Sommer said. She said a family allowance scheme pays 60 Marks about a month for each child and Day care costs Only 2c Marks a month for five half Days a week. Day care facilities Are Many t there Are still Long waiting lists of parents desiring the service. Sometimes there s a o o d grandmother mrs. Sommer added. The German housewife does t believe in convenience types of foods according to mrs. Sommer. The housewife would prefer to prepare the whole meal even if she i customarily a hot lunch is the main meal of the if it s possible for the couple to come Home at lunch the woman might partially prepare the meal the night before. Din Ner might then consist of Colt cuts or sandwiches she explained. The German family might go out to eat at an ethnic restau rant but rarely would anything except German foods be served in the Homes she said contrasting this with the Cana Dian practice of experimenting with a wide variety of Home cooked ethnic foods. Pizza has taken quite a hold she admitted. Asked to comment on the sausages Chicken pork Hock and sauerkraut available a the Arena during onto Herfst mrs. Sommer replied if German food and it alway tastes Jonas will open party on Winnipeg Blue bomber quarterback Don Jonas will open Coffee parly of Ivy Rebekah Lodge . To 2 . Fri Day in the Assembly Hall o Eaton s downtown store. Horn baking arts and crafts will be for Sale. Separate women s unions would be wrong Gelber answer for fair employment and it s a lesson that we women have to when men organized Oljey were considered anarchists and revolutionaries she said. Now employers Are required by Law to recognize employees organizations. It is fact said miss Gelber that women Are under represented in unions. This is because most working women1 in unions Are married and Don t have the time to devote to Union activities. Less than one Quarter of All working women belong to unions and Only 11 per cent of Trade Union executives have women officers. Haven t paid much at Tention to the needs of their women workers because the women Don t make the de mands known. But women Are beginning to hear us. They be stopped being blinded by the categorizing of jobs into women s and men s they Are starting to do what they want. Some Union men revolt against women taking jobs they consider men s work but these men Are members of the not the Union executive. It s women s Job to Wake up the Union executives and Edu Cate the rank and file worker. Why should we women expect a More enlightened View from him the Union worker than we do from Archie Bunker unions Are made of miss Gelber urged those present not to organize women As a separate entity clashing with Trade unions Over what is suitable work for women. The individual can t change the world. He needs a fortify ing Factor. If the unions Are faulty get inside them and fix miss Gelber told the seminar that Militancy in t needed to organize a Union. Some members of society still have the image of unionists As militants that Union activity in t very polite for lad ies. The militant fight for unions is Over. There is Noth ing a feminine about accepting less than you deserve Noth ing a feminine about demand ing the. Seminar was one of a series on women on the Job sponsored by the labor caucus of the Manitoba action com Mittee on the status of women. 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