1937 - Convention Report

              TWENTIETH PROVINCIAL CONVENTION 17
AND BE IT F U R T H E R RESOLVED that the Government of Canada
shall be committed to the policy of removing entirely from private and corpor­ative
control the production and distribution of the equipment necessary for the
prosecution of warfare.— Passed by the Annual Convention of the United Farm
Women of Alberta, 1936; Endorsed by District No. 4 Conference. Endorsed.
13. WHEREAS the basic industry of the Province is agriculture,
AND WHEREAS the beet industry is one of its best stabilizers, giving
employment to hundreds and good returns to farmers;
B E IT R E S O L V E D that the members of the W. I. pledge themselves to
purchase only beet sugar manufactured in Alberta, and also give first choice
to all other Alberta- manufactured products.— Warner Constituency Conference,
1936. Carried.
14. BE IT R E S O L V E D that this District No. 4 of the Alberta Women's
Institute commend the work done by the Censor board of the moving pictures,
but deplore the frequency with which alcholic liquors are presented in pictures.
— District No. 4 Conference. Carried.
15. BE IT R E S O L V E D that this Conference of District No. 4 go on record
as voicing its disapproval of some of the current literature appearing on the news­stands
as being against the best interests of the children.— District No. 4 Con­ference.
Carried.
16. WHEREAS syphilis is gaining such a hold on the people of Canada; '
T H E R E F O R E be it resolved that the Darkfield or Wasserman test be
made compulsory through an examination by a qualified physician before a
marriage certificate is granted.— District No. 4 Conference. Carried.
17. WHEREAS the disease syphilis is becoming so prevalent;
BE IT R E S O L V E D that all ' persons admitted to hospitals for any cause
wdiatsoever be required to take the Darkfield or Wasserman blood tests.—
District No. 4 Conference. Carried.
IS. WHEREAS codeine is being extensively used by drug addicts as a
substitute for narcotic drugs; is easily obtained, and,
WHEREAS medical opinion regards it as habit- forming in its effects, and
detrimental to the health and morals of our young people, and
W H E R E A S figures taken from the report of the Opium Advisory Com­mittee
of the League of Nations show Canada to be using four times as much
per capita as the United States, eleven times as much as Great Britain, and
twenty- five times as much per capita as Australia;
T H E R E F O R E BE IT R E S O L V E D that the Women's Institutes of Alberta
do all in their power to arouse public opinion along this line, and to have codeine
classed as a habit- forming drug and placed on the list of restricted drugs.—
District No. 4 Conference. Carried.
19. WHEREAS many Conveners of Standing Committees are desirous of
having a copy of the report book as help in their work, and have been unable to
obtain copies;
T H E R E F O R E BE IT R E S O L V E D that we recommend that enough
copies of this report be printed so that Conveners of Standing Committees, who
wish may be able to purchase a copy.— District No. 4 Conference. Carried.