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16 A L B E R T A WOMEN'S INSTITUTES RESOLUTIONS The following- resolutions were carried. All others were lost and the Council decided that they should not be printed in this report. So if your resolution does not appear here, you may know the delegates voted against it. 1. WHEREAS the huge radium deposits available in Canada are being given to incorporated private companies, and manufactured for world consumption, while we, in Canada are appealing for private funds to make this valuable medical discovery available for suffering humanity; T H E R E F O R E B E IT R E S O L V E D that this Convention go on record as desiring Federal Government owned radium for Canada.— Drumheller- Handhills Constituency Conference. Carried. 2. BE IT RESOLVED that we ask the Alberta Government to consider formation of Cancer Clinics on the same basis as that of control of tuberculosis and social diseases, as practiced in this Province.— Drum-hell er- H an dhills Constituency Conference. Carried. 3. WHEREAS the Dominion and Provincial Governments are participating in training domestic workers; AND WHEREAS girls and women waitresses, clerks, etc., are protected by a Minimum Wage Act; AND WHEREAS the majority of domestic workers are, today, exploited by long hours and inadequate remuneration; B E IT R E S O L V E D that we the delegates of the A. W. I. District No. 4 representing 45 Branches, assembled in Convention March 3rd, 1939, do respectfully urge the members of the Legislature to enact or amend legislation to protect the domestic worker.— District No. 4 Conference. Carried. 4. WHEREAS the findings of the Penal Reform Commission has recommended that a Board of three be set up to deal with penitentiaries and jails; T H E R E F O R E BE IT R E S O L V E D that we request that one of the three appointed shall be a qualified woman.— Calgary- Okotoks Constituency Conference. Carried. 5. WHEREAS there are a number of vehicles on the highway after dark, other than cars, trucks and bicycles; AND WHEREAS such vehicles have no rear light to warn those passing same; T H E R E F O R E B E IT R E S O L V E D that all vehicles be compelled by law to attach reflectors or other warning light, to prevent accidents.— Kinsella- Wainwright Constituency Conference. Moved by Mrs. Morton, seconded by Mrs. MacFarland, that this resolution be amended by adding the words, " on all Public Roads in Alberta" after " Resolved that all vehicles." Resolution as amended carried.
Object Description
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Title | 1939 - Convention Report |
Subject | Convention; Report; AWI |
Description | Report of the Twenty-first Provincial Convention - 1939 |
Language | en |
Format | application/pdf |
Type | text |
Source | Alberta Women's Institutes |
Identifier | awi0811102 |
Date | 1939 |
Collection | Alberta Women's Institutes - Collective Memory |
Repository | AU Digital Library |
Copyright | For Private Study and Research Use Only |
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Title | Page 18 |
Format | application/pdf |
Source | AWI Collection |
Collection | Alberta Women's Institutes - Collective Memory |
Repository | AU Digital Library |
Copyright | For Private Study and Research Use Only |
Transcript | 16 A L B E R T A WOMEN'S INSTITUTES RESOLUTIONS The following- resolutions were carried. All others were lost and the Council decided that they should not be printed in this report. So if your resolution does not appear here, you may know the delegates voted against it. 1. WHEREAS the huge radium deposits available in Canada are being given to incorporated private companies, and manufactured for world consumption, while we, in Canada are appealing for private funds to make this valuable medical discovery available for suffering humanity; T H E R E F O R E B E IT R E S O L V E D that this Convention go on record as desiring Federal Government owned radium for Canada.— Drumheller- Handhills Constituency Conference. Carried. 2. BE IT RESOLVED that we ask the Alberta Government to consider formation of Cancer Clinics on the same basis as that of control of tuberculosis and social diseases, as practiced in this Province.— Drum-hell er- H an dhills Constituency Conference. Carried. 3. WHEREAS the Dominion and Provincial Governments are participating in training domestic workers; AND WHEREAS girls and women waitresses, clerks, etc., are protected by a Minimum Wage Act; AND WHEREAS the majority of domestic workers are, today, exploited by long hours and inadequate remuneration; B E IT R E S O L V E D that we the delegates of the A. W. I. District No. 4 representing 45 Branches, assembled in Convention March 3rd, 1939, do respectfully urge the members of the Legislature to enact or amend legislation to protect the domestic worker.— District No. 4 Conference. Carried. 4. WHEREAS the findings of the Penal Reform Commission has recommended that a Board of three be set up to deal with penitentiaries and jails; T H E R E F O R E BE IT R E S O L V E D that we request that one of the three appointed shall be a qualified woman.— Calgary- Okotoks Constituency Conference. Carried. 5. WHEREAS there are a number of vehicles on the highway after dark, other than cars, trucks and bicycles; AND WHEREAS such vehicles have no rear light to warn those passing same; T H E R E F O R E B E IT R E S O L V E D that all vehicles be compelled by law to attach reflectors or other warning light, to prevent accidents.— Kinsella- Wainwright Constituency Conference. Moved by Mrs. Morton, seconded by Mrs. MacFarland, that this resolution be amended by adding the words, " on all Public Roads in Alberta" after " Resolved that all vehicles." Resolution as amended carried. |
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