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miaifciiiuifci the georgetown herald wed neaday evening april toth 1940 page 7 iacttvrnes presaging 1karlt session j with the steady arrival in the na- uons capital of a virtual flood or peo- ple including members and ex-mem- bers seeking appointments though there will be few rewards for services rendered due to the large number of j liberals eledtedv it is ginning to jlook as if a new session will be sum moned much earlier than had been in fact the conviction is parliament hill that the oovern- 1 uznent plans to have the newlyelected parliament sit more frequently than is usually the policy in times of peace one reason for this is that a great iwar measures will be called lor continuously and since these may not be popular then it would be wise to have parliament pronounce upon them such as is now being done the british house of commons westminster where the legislature has been sitting continuously except short recesses in other words par liament will be consulted frequently during the war with the probability that a new session will be called in the fall after the present one adjourns in july or august then again if a member is to receive a full sessional indemnity of 4000 the session must be of a minimum of 65 days or the member receives only 25 per day which was the payment given for the historic one day session of january 25 tfe ciiwn or me l iotone vva l l s bf s gitc your walls new charm and gire your rooms new style new character with lowe brothers mellotone flu wall paint lovely mellotone pastel shades form an effective background for furniture and dra peries soft velvety mellotone wall finishes blend per fectly when two or more colors are used and mellotone is really w ash able dirt grease even ink smudges are easily removed with soap and water or any cleaner of recognized quality mellotone flat wall paint brushes on easily hides exceptionally well and covers approximately 700 square feet per gallon comes in 14 delightful pastel shades for sale by w c anthony hardware plumbing tinsmithing and electric wiring phone 46 georgetown last and therefore the great majori ty of the members want a aeaafton of sufficient length to qualify uvra for the full m000lndenmlty to help with their recently incurred election ex penses the longer the delay in open ing the new session the greater the possibility there will be of sittings running into the excessively hot sum mer weather which is so typical of ottawa the war and unemployment notwithstanding all despatches in the press or canada purporting to re port the present activities in ottawa as a result of the elections this veter an observer can detect lndicationa be hind the scenes on parliament- hill which suggest or hint in no uncertain manner that the newlyelected reore- sentatives of the nineteenth parlia ment will be faced with an unusually large volume of vital legislation in- volving serious problems both oh the home front and abroad due to the ex traordinary circumstances or the war in fact it is beyond the memory of this observer to recall another post election period when so many vital and serious national problems were placed on the agenda for the imme diate deoislve action of the legislators in canadas capital the spotlight is bound to be directed right from the start bn the acute question of how to finance th war and to continue to pay huge sumsfor the relief of unemployment victims throughout eight to ten per cenjjhe total popu lation and whare wholly not self supporting plough over a billion dol lars has been spent during the past decade for the benent of these unfor tunates in a desperate effort to solve xhis grave national problem it had been hoped that with the outbreak or the war there would be n spontaneous disappearance of depen dency upon the state but this has not happened with the result that if this bewildering and continuous drain on public monies is allowed it may lead to chaotic conditions not only during the postwar period but even during the conflict itself hence the discus sion and solution of this is an immed iate problem for the newlyelecttd legislators because it concerns the whole lifeblood of canada and any lndtfterenoe idleness or deterioration on the part or the representatives would be a complete negation of the very democracy for which the war is being waged since the outbreak of the war then has been an extremely insignificant improvement in employment figures mainly noticeable in the rural areas or the western provinces but in the ur ban areas throughout the nation there is a solid core of dependency that de fies dissolution by time or events thls humber reaches the amazing nunibei of 725000 made up of 300000 in the four western provinces 375000 in on tario and quebec and 50000 in the reft of canada out of this number about 500000 may be classed as per- pons who will never again become self- supporting on account of age condi tion or uclination and about 100000 may be considered as deflnltely-drlft- jng into chronic indigence further more there arc many other idle young perrons who are being wholly or par tially supported by their parents or relatives there are about 75000 to 80- 000 new workers looking for jobs each year there are 180000 aged persons 4000 blind in receipt of special grants 33000 children in charge of special ag encies 14000 homeless or infirm in charitable institutions 90000 mothers and children in receipt of special grants for mothers allowances and a rapidly mounting list of nonpaying patients in hospitals and mental insti tutions in other words there are very few ablebodied persons in the whole group of unemployed who are likely to be absorbed into war work or enllst- it by and spontaneous action unless this inertia in the movement off the relief lists is dissipated by remedial conditions accompanied by a scientific and carefully planned governmlsntal programme which will physically and mentally recondition our unemployed it is hoped to accomplish this pro gramme by eliminating the pork bar rel the list of appropriations for public buildings or other forms of par ty patronage keeping down to an ab solute minimum the nonwar expen ditures and usln public monies for t art scott georgetown ontario uncontrollable services or those which directly or indirectly will help in win ning the war at the same lime there will be a drastic reorganization of ag ricultural programmes of war produc tion which will absorb into the em ployed ranks those presently unemploy ed who are fit for effective land work and others will get off the relief lists through a rapid speeding up of indus trial production together with many others who are sure to join this coun trys active armed services then ag nin preparations for war will be ac- conpanirj for postwar adjustments by the consideration of a war saving fund for war workers it would be nothing short of a wartime equivalent of unemployment insurance though 1 would enl when the war is over in or der that it could be enacted under the war measures act this is the only way in which it can be created because in 1936 the privy council decided that unemployment insurance schemes by the federal government are fatally unconstitutional and are legislative matters in the jurisdiction of the prov inces moreover whenever the fed eral authorities sought the necessary cooperation of the provinces for such action the schemes proved unworkable since several provinces refused to offer any assistance it would be a three- way fund with contributions by those engaged in war work by those employ ing these persons and by the domin ion government the distribution or cut from the fund would be given when the war is finished reproduction prohibited 1940 edu cational features syndicate passenger in bus is smoking per mitted conductor conductor no passeger well where did all these cigaretts ends come from conductor prom people who didnt ask questions news commentator one of the mod authoritative news commentators on the air la ray mond grain swing above whoae weekly talk the united stales today is heard by listeners on the cbc national network on saturdays from 745 to so0 pan workmens compensation statement there were 5065 accidents reported to the workmens compensation board during the month of march as compared with 5502 during february and 4540 during march a year ago the benefits awarded amounted to s4s8220a4 or which 37580324 was for compensation and 11241800 for medical aid this brings the total number of acci dents reported during tne first quar ter of 1940 to 16100 as against 13389 during the same period or 1939 and the benefits awarded during the first three months of this year amounted to 164653065 as compared with s1491- 02538 during the corresponding period of 1939 do you dare to keep a diary an article disclosing startling facta for those who keep an intimate record of their lives from legal scientific and historical vewpolnts will be found in the american weekly with t rni 14 ssue of the detroit 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