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COUNCILS BALK Health Minister Kirby Declares _ Government Is Cancer Conscious h Many Township Councils balked @t paying the bills submitted by their Medical Officers of, Health, and the situation wa's -- "really ~-- pathetic," Health Minister Harold Kirby told the Legislature last 3 night. His statement arose during 4 consideration of his department estimates. ® "These Township Councils and even some Village Councils object to paying bills for $100 and $150, whereas the M.O.H. has carried out 4 , & health program, particularly in * regard to immunization, worth $700 or $800,' said Mr. Kirby. "The problem is one the officials of my department have been confronted with for years. It is really pathetic i We don't have to go far from the City of Toronto to find such a situ-- ation." Mr. Kirby told the House that he will introduce a bill on Monday "to > set up a proper research foundation and treatment centre" for cancer. The Government is "cancer minded," he said, and had already done much . ; in an exteonded program. He re-- spynpsie raimmreniemane. -- ferred to the valuable service given C II e k 4 t by the Cancer Commission under | eCf e Ba a n n B II Mr. Justice Gillanders. Mr. Kirby | o IV rg I I g ' made his announcement in connec-- | & e 4 tion with a suggestion by H. E. |Recelves Ma or Alferaflon Weish (Prog., Con., East Hastings) | I -- that persons in low--income groups | GOne of the n Gak initaimns ./ 4 s s should receive free cancer treatment. _| . > major provisions in , t{o:mry power which may be exer-- Urges Blood Tests. | the collective bargaining bill which ; cised under certain cireumstances. p * 'onsidera. _| COm®s before the Legislature this|_ ANOther important change con-- _ Mr. Welch also urged considera-- 2 s ° | cerns prosecutions The original in-- tion of compulsory pre--natal blood |Afterncon has been altered by the |jention was to launch prosecutions tests for mothers in the fight against Conant Cabinet to the extent of 1'c-£again>! the act in police courts o? vencreal disease so that babies moving the compulsion feature of | Ontario. This has been changed to of afflicted mothers'could be born the section dealing with the filing | provide for all prosecutions to be free of disease. Mr. Kirby said this of a financial statement by a trade | heard in the labor court. disease was "a very serious problem . union. This was one of the sec--! A Liberal caucus yesterday scru-- and steadily growing worse." tions to which organized labot | tinized the bill and gave its approval Replying to T. A. Murphy (Prog. _ took strenuous exception. |to the proposed legislation. _ The Con., Toronto Beaches), who asked As the bill now stands, a finan--| session lasted less than an hour. that some action be taken to im-- cial statement is to be filed only if | Earlier, the cabinet put the finish-- prove the water situation in To and when the judge of the labor ing touches on the bill before sen' ronto's east end since the new sew-- court so orders,. This is a discre-- 'ing it on to caucus. age disposal plant was being held up for lack of materials priority, Mr. Kirby said it was a Toronto re-- sponsibility and that while the De-- partment of Health would like to see an improvement, he didn't con-- a sider the situation "serious enough ' to issue a mandatory order," which ho believed he had power to do. "It's so --bad they're refusing to build houses on their own property \ there," insisted Mr. Murphy.