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U.S. AGAIN BARS HER FROM UN

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Mrs. Luckock

permanent representative

MRS, RAE Luckock, president of the Congress of Canadian Wo- Men, has been appointed a per- manent representative to the Unit- i: Nations by the Women’s Inter- national Democratic Federation, ®n international organization with

185 bite ? 35 Million members in 65 coun- tries,

_Although United States authori- 1€8 forbade Mrs. Luckock’s entry © the U.S. last July to attend UN “onomic and Social Council ses- Slons in her official capacity, after fea wT months? campaign of pro- Ln ee Canada and abroad Mrs. ty . ock was finally granted entry th ne end of November to attend € UN General Assembly.

As a result Mrs. Luckock was le to give first-hand detailed re- ports, based on her personal ob-

‘vations, of daily sessions con-

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cerning Human Rights, the Right of Self-Determination, and_ the work of UNESCO.

She also took part in a meeting of Non-Goyernmental Organiza- tions of UN where she reported on the action of the U.S. in exclud- ing her from earlier participation.

On lier return to Canada, U.S. authorities have again given Mrs. Luckock notice of “exclusion,” and a new movement of protest is developing to break through the U.S. barrier and enable Mrs. Luckock to take her rightful place at UN sessions.

Of particular interest to women are coming discussions on the rights of women around the world, to be carried on during the Eco- nomic and Social Council meetings this coming March*16_ to May 1.

CCW PRESSES CAMPAIGN

Sickness cost Canadians *500 million last year

Fae COST Canadians over $500 meee last year to pay for sick- oa That’s over and above what er Paid in taxes to provide gov- ment health services. * ees figure is given by Dr. O. J. tien a) economic adviser to the ie department of trade and oe in the current issue of chide an Doctor. The’ figure in- CS fees to doctors ($165 mil- and dentists ($56 million)

Marine Workers . auxiliary formed

Many OMEN'S auxiliary to the Union Workers and Boilermakers ate Ga formed on January 21 orium ag held in Pender Audit- tendin ere. The 26 womenl- at- oth at short talks by Mrs. hillips, president of the Byes Vancouver Civie Em- and Bi Union, Outside Workers, Sah ill Stewart, secretary of the ‘tine Workers.

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Bea onal executive was 8 ee Mrs. Viva Flood, pene Mrs. Ruth SETS Social - and Mrs. Elsie Pearce,

Onvener. A cabaret| is

Plan ned for March 13 at Pender “ditorium,

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and hospit&l nursing care ($268 million).

‘Backed by overwhelming public opinion, the Congress of Canadian Women has embarked on a na- tional campaign to petition the government for a National Health Insurance scheme.

Last week, Ethel Genkind, CCW national executive secretary, re- leased the text of the petition as follows:

“Whereas we believe all Cana- dians are entitled to good health, and

“Whereas the high cost of -liv- ing. prevents many people from! receiving hospitalization, medical, dental: and optical services and supplies, and

“Whereas many thousands of Canadian citizens and organiza- tions are in favor of adequate Na- tional Health Insurance:

“Therefore, we the undersigned petition the Canadian .government to implement immediately a Na- tional Health Insurance Plan.”

Mrs. Genkind said the CCW pe- tition, was now being used by can- vassers. She urged all interested organizations and individuals to support the campaign. Copies of the petition may jbe obtained from the Congress of Canadian Women at 23 Sultan ‘Street, Toronto.

In his article, Dr. Firestone said there were now 14,300 physicians and.surgeons in, Canada and 4,600 dentists. That would mean on the average, about one doctor for

‘every thousand population — but

it is known that the greatest per- centage of doctors is in the large cities, leaving many areas of the country ill-provided with medical and hospital facilities.

‘A reduction of one quarter of Canada’s arms bill for last year (or the year coming) would pay the entira cost of sickness in Can- ada for every Canadian family. The arms bill proposed for 1953-54 is over $2 billion.

| War does this to the children |

This is Kim Chol Yun, aged 10 years, of Kaesong in North Korea. On November 21, 1950, he was terribly burned by jellied gasoline from a napalm bomb dropped by a U.S, plane. He is fortunate to be alive. Fortunate? As long as he lives, he will never be able to close his eyes again. He looks like an old man. His head is bald, his scalp pitted and blotched with red and blue marks. his face knotted with scar tissue. This is what war does to the children. What are you doing for

peace?

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WIDESPREAD interest has been shown by many women’s or- ganizations in the suggestion that working mothers who have to em- ploy baby-sitters or housekeepers be allowed to deduct this expense from their income tax.

‘As a working mother myself who has paid a baby-sitter for the past three years, I’d say such a move is long overdue, and I know every other working mother feels the same way. Where I work there are six other women who have young children they have to arrange care for and they all ex- pressed themselves pretty strongly on point when I asked their opin- ions.

In the first plice, they saidj wo- mcn get lower wages than men, and by the lime they pay for a heusckeeper o1 baby-sitter th <r own wages are cut mn half, yet they

have to pay taxes on some on2 else’s wages. As Mrs. Norman R Porter, president of Vancoaver Council of Women stated, “This expense could be considered as an everbead gor the woman who is working and has tu employ some one to look after her children.” Of esurse, the question of es- tablishing day nurseries is still the niain answer .to the problem of child care.“ But vur governments stuhbornly resist al proposals tor extending such a service, an‘ even in the few existing nurseries the fees are exorbitant for the aver- age family. government which sces fit to un- dertuke its real responsibilities, it is just possible that with the co- operation of every women’s wr- ganization enough pressure could

be brought te kear to force such changes in the legislation which

So until we have a

would make _ baby-sitters for

working mothers a deductible ex- pense. * * *

fH UTHER night we took the youngsters to see a children’s play, sponscrec by our local PTA and put on by the Burnaby Clef So- ciety’s children’s theatre group. The auditorium was packed and what a wonderful reception the players got!

It’s worth noting that the Bur- naby Clef Society is really pioneer- ing in the field of community mu- sic, ballet and children’s theatre, and proving that there is consid- erable popular support for such ventures. And, as far as I know, there is no comparable organiza- tion, in Vancouver, with seven times the population.—B.G.

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