1937 - Convention Report

              : 6 ALBERTA WOMEN'S INSTITUTES
AND W H E R E A S it is too much for some of us to pay;
T H E R E F O R E BE IT R E S O L V E D that we the undersigned go on record
as petitioning they be reduced to the former rate of 50c per capita instead of
S1.00 as at present.— Lost.
Signed in favor: Rockv Mountain House W. I., Candor W. I., Unity W. I.,
Woodland W. I., Leslieville" W. I., Sylvan Lake W. I. Against: Beaver Flats W. I.
7. WHEREAS under the present system of administering the Old Age Pen­sions
Act there is much dishonesty in attemps to secure the pension, and
WHEREAS in our opinion all persons who have lived here for tw- enty
years prior to reaching the age of seventy years are deserving of a pension;
T H E R E F O R E be it resolved that we are in favor of old age pensions being
given all citizens upon reaching the age of seventy years.— Conjuring Creek W. I.;
Rainier W. I. LosL
8. WHEREAS under the present system of clearing the land of all brush
and bush, the southern portion of the Province has become subject to drouth;
T H E R E F O R E be it resolved that we are in favor of legislation being
enacted making it compulsory to . leave at least ten acres of bush land on every
quarter section, the same to be preferably in a strip on the north and west sides
of the quarter; and in cases where the bush has been all cleared off, it shall be
planted to a shelter belt.— Conjuring Creek W. I.; Rainier W. I. Carried.
9. WHEREAS the Department of Education has deemed it advisable to
include singing and physical training in the present course of studies for public
schools,
AND WHEREAS these subjects are given little or no attention in many
rural schools;
T H E R E F O R E be it resolved that the Department of Education urge upon
the inspectors, school boards and teachers the necessity of using the course of
study in these subjects to the fullest extent.— Paradise Valley W. I., President,
Mrs. Mabel Pedden. Secretary, Mrs. Florence Karpoff; Primrose W. I., President,
Edith F. Evans, Secretary- Treasurer, Florance Colthorpe. Carried.
10. BE IT R E S O L V E D that except in the event of an invasion of Canada
and attack, the authority of parliament to declare war shall not become effective
until confirmed by a majority of all votes cast thereon in a Dominion- wide
referendum.— District No. 4 Conference. Carried.
11. BE IT R E S O L V E D that whenever - war is declared, the Prime Minister
shall immediately conscript and take over for use by government all the public
and private war properties, yards, factories and supplies, fixing the compensation
for private properties temporarily employed for the war period at a rate not in
excess of 4% per annum.— District No. 4 Conference. Carried.
12. WHEREAS we view with great seriousness the undiminished threat
of war, and
WHEREAS we believe that such a method of attempting to settle inter­national
disputes is both barbarous and futile, that war is deep- rooted in economic
maladjustment and the lure offered to human greed in the manufacture and
distribution of war materials;
T H E R E F O R E we demand that the government of Canada give a guarantee
to its citizens that in the event of pledging itself to future war, there shall be
complete and effective conscription of wealth for national uses before there shall
K P any conscription of manhood,