Nursery in the 500 block Powell Street, and two ),| mts were just serving the children’s dinner, a nourish- eal, consisting of spinach, beets, potatoes and meat, oe the children were seat— jhe small, painted, built- tyge tables and chairs, I had in enlightening interview SP iss Marsh. Ibi! Strathcona Day Nurs- y¥ the only one of its kind fish Columbia, with a ‘from, the Community iyhich takes care of staff SY %); full-time day nursery “izing in care and train- te mre-school age children, is direct outgrowth of the Ei@ichools and part-time uses which have become so | in the past few years. | Stella Collins of the Welfare Association, as jmp sentative of the provin- Ge vermment, made a sur c@ the situation and with ‘g of Mrs. lL. Newstt and | Bird who acted through iy disbanded Housewives , investigated conditions iout the city to ascertain aud for such schools. Collins advocated the “Wishment of the three play which opened July 1943, fie help of public dona- ‘at Gordon Hiouse, Alex- House, and the Stratha- chool. fi na i a T i : : | fivest Cordova Street : ROGRESSIVE WORK BOOT FOR EVERY PURPOSE : Prices According to Wartime Regulations JOHNSON’S BOOTS | walked into the nursery, unannounced, last week. _ Strathcona then developed into a full-time day nursery and has proven to be a very Satisfactory experiment. * ~ % A day nursery or play school must have a properly trained supervisor. The old idea that day nurs- eries are in opposition to the home, that they undermine the responsibility and influence of parents and add to the tendency of breaking up the home, is gradually being erased by a wider understanding of the im- portant role this type of pre- School education plays in equip- ping children for public school. Recognition of day nurseries as part of a full education 1s becoming: more and more evi- dent. Various unions such as the Dock and Shipyard Work ers, the Boilermakers and the Plumbers and Steamfitters, and other organizations, the Lions Club and the Jnmior League, have been liberal in providing funds to help maintain these three schools. : , eo BS HE é The Stratheona day nursery is run by a staff of three. and will register up to 35 children. The very small weekly fee of $2.50 -ays for the food. Phone MA. 7612 De 3 4 Suit or Overcoat if : come to the : LD ESTABLISHED RELIABLE FIRM — « REGENT TAILORS | 324 W. Hastings St. #RY GARMENT STRICTLY UNION MADE i Mater Cares for Pre-School Age Children ‘i : x | : : rst Nursery at Strathcona ‘3 me By JOHNNY OTTEWELL iss Carol Lynn Marsh, director of the Strathcona Bright colored pictures and low shelves line the walls of- the main room, which serves as general play room and dinins room. A piano for songs and rhythmic walking is placed at one end of the room and a. smart indoor slide at the other. Small, neat little cots, used for naps fill a sunny room! at the back. A litchen and bath- room complete the arrange- ment. Qutside an efficient play- ground has been improvised with swines, slides, and a sand box. The Parent-Teachers As- Sociation donated gravel and lumber for the playground. Postwar Plan- For Shipyards Main theme of the Shipyard General Workers’ Federation convention to be held in Victoria, October 6 and 7, will be the fu- ture of the shipyard industry according to Malcolm Macleod, president of that organization. Commenting on -a recent statement made by Munitions Minister €. D. Howe to the ef= fect that there are enough pri- vate orders in sight to take care of the Pacific Coast yards well into the postwar transition: period, Macleod said: “This is weleomée news and will help to dispel some of the fears of the workers in the in- dustry. Labor industry and the general public must realize the tremendous importance of ship- building to the future of the province. Every effort must be made to ensure that the thous- ands of workers who have gained experience and skill in this industry are given the op- portunity to work in the ship- yards, which have been built up at great public expense, in the postwar economic development of British Columbia.” i “Present reductions of staff in the local yards should not cause any immediate unemploy- ment problem,” he concluded. “We must expect a certain amount of syphoning off of labor into the armed forces and into other industries, but pres- ent contracts will carry over well into 1945.” The Canadian Shipbuilders and Ship Repairs Association, representing major coast yards, - has forwarded a brief to the Dominion government urging ereation of conditions neces- sary for coast shipbuilding. : Postwar orders covering mil- lions of dollars are possible if government assistance is forth- coming. _.. CONTENTS ... by WILLIAM KASHTON National Affairs Monthly The Coming Yrade Union Conventions py J. B. SALSBERG,MP Problems of Canada’s Youth by BEATRICE WALSH The Needs of the Armed Services by ALDERMAN CHARLES SIMS~ For a Future of Jobs and Security lople’s Bookstore, 420 West Pender St., Vancouver, B.C. Books and People by Kay Gregory HOSE readers who have not yet had an opportunity to obtain or read Under Cover by John Roy Garison will be able to pur- chase it this fall in a cheap reprint edition to be issued by World Publishing Company. Official publication date was August 1 and since the price is to be $1.49 in the United States, this will make it slightly less than $2.00 in Canada. ee The cheap edition will be identical with the original book of which already 681,000 copies have been sold. World Publishers intent to push sales of this book because, as their vice-president declares, “today, more than ever before, there is a meed for an honest and fearless expose of the dangrous sub- versive organizations operating in our midst.” APHR shortages in Britain have been far worse than anything: experienced either here or in the United States and the British Publishers Association in a report in the London Bookseller this June pointed out the “inability of the book industry under existing conditions to meet even those demands that are now being; made upon it from all quarters, unofficial and official, not to mention certain additional coming demands which have government origin or support.” j Between 1942 and 1943 the number of books printed in Britain dropped 16 percent and stocks decreased 18 percent, while the demand for new books and reprints often ‘‘exceeds the number printed by four or five times.” : Appealing for an increased qouta, British publishers are already worrying about and planning for postwar book trade while the government publishing office, His Majesty’s Stationery Office, is busy trying to accumulate three and a half millions books for the Army Postwar Hducation Scheme. Plans are being laid in conjunction with publishers’ organiza- tions in others of the United Nations, for restocking of libraries in liberated areas and for supplying oft educational books required in connection with postwar development plans. More important is a scheme being developed for wider cultural exchange between countries, which can be greatly aided if the books of various countries are readily available and if British and American literature is widely circulated throughout the world. MLECTION of the Maurice Duplessis’ ultra-reactionary Union Na- tional in Quebee is properly causing. concern to every Canadian who has the country’s interest at heart. Instigator of the notorious Padlock Law, Duplessis is the man who declared Tim Buck would never be allowed to speak in French Canada if he were premier. - How was the Union Nationale able to win the support of a con- siderable section of the French-Ganadnai people in its successful bid for power? And what do the results of the Quebec and Alberta provincial elections means to the rest of Canada ? If you. want to hear more about these two Significant elections and: what effect they may have on British Columbia, listen ¢o Fergie McKean over CJOR, Monday, August 14, at 6:45 pm. f can promise you now that you will learn a lot from his first- hand report that will be useful in conducting: our own federal elec- tion campaign. a) (ee of the complaints most frequently voiced by Canadian art- ists, writers and musicians is that there are too few mediums in this country through which they can present their work to ‘the people, as a result of which some of our finest native talent must turn to the United States for the opportunities it deserves. It is with the idea of providing artists, and particularly ama- teurs, in this province with an opportunity to exhibit their work that the Allied Arts War Service Council is organizing an art exhibition under the title “British Columbia at Work” at the Vancouver Art Gallery from November 21 to December 10. The scope of the exhibition, to which all artists residing in the province, amateurs and professionals alike, are being invited to contribute, is defined by the regulations. These require that all works submitted, whether oils, watercolors or sketches, wood- carving or sculpture, must depict some phase of economic activity in British Columbia—shipbuilding, lumbering, fishing, mining, ag- riculture and so on. A prize of $250 will be offered for the best picture in the show, with a second prize of $150 and a third of 5100, and the Labor Arts Guild, which has undertaken to organize the exhibi- tion, is approaching the trade unions to donate additional prizes for the best works depicting their industries. As far as I know, nothing like this has even been attempted in Western Canada before and it is eertainly worthy of our full cooperation and support. Who knows what exceptional artistic talent among workers in industry may be uncovered or receive its first encouragement as a result of this exhibition.