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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1943-01-15, Page 34 .�1 r, Ivy Il1lX}l!E Ulan -000 ;104 it 4e�•tr -111.04*'fain, •it,ad eKTun9►t� •iki. the; aMemployatent ` tneUrapce''1440,: DOW hasittret'$lOO,OOO,b p 'to: ike credit: 'There' are certain dittat!eaoies 'be- ttween this (type, of taneMPxbyeaent ln� 1 asurance and that prppbse, d' in • the Beveridge repeat, ' V zeresas the Can- adian systenti @xclydeas"won'kers ineine tale' oecupatiene • 'and' those earning over $2;OOO the Bdi erldge'pian would. cover all eitizent except These in the very top- ince*'bi+aekets. The Cana - (Ilan. 9-overnttent `,pays the adminis tredve costs of lt.nemploynent Insur- ance, but Beveridge would have the British Government contribute a sub- stantial portion of the premiums. An unemployed Canadian worker is elig- ible' to draw benefits for not more than one year. Under the proposed British plan, an unemployed worker could draw benefits indefinitely. Cana- dian benefits are paid as a' percent- age of previous earnings; British benefits would be equalized. It is not easy to compare premium rates. The weekly sunt, contributed by -the Canadian worker insures him of unemployment benefits only. The sum paid by the British worker would be a lump payment insuring him against sickness as we11 as unemploy- ment;- and assuring 'him of other so- e'ai benefits. Plans Vary '3n Canada ,compensation ter indus- ttrial accidents is a provincial matter and all provinces except Prince Ed- ward Island have some form of work- men's compensation. In Alberta and British Columbia the 'workers .contri- bute toward medical aid. Benefits for total disability average about two- thirds of 'previous earnings. In fatal• accidents there is provision for fun- eral expenses, and dependents are Paid about 'the same amount as for total disability. ` The Beveridge plan would set up a .special kind of accident insurance, financed outside the lump payment •covering other forms of social insur- ance. Part of the cost would be borne iby all workers and employers, -and part by specially dangerous industries in accordance with risk. 'Benefits for the.. first 13 weeks Would be the same as those paid for unemployment, fol- lowed "by a pension of two-fifths of previous earnings. There is ne old age "insurance in Canada. Thede is, however, a Domin- ion old age pensions scheme for per- sons over 7,0 years of age, to which the Dominion Government ••contributes 75 per cent. and the provinces 25.perr, cent. • Benefits are set at a maximum ,of $20.a.mon'th, with the average for ,all provinces being about $16.70. Whereas the Canadian scheme is mon-contributory and therefore some- what -like a dole, the Beveridge .set- ' up would be genuine insurance.' a- -' gainst .old age. Benefits to aged Brit- ishers,..no* about the sante as those Haid in Canada, Would be doubled un: der the Beveridge plan. Canada has no national health in £urance plan like the one outlined for • Britain by Sir William Beveridge. On- ly one province, British Columbia, Lias Passed heath •insurance legislation, and the outbreak of war prevented the plan from being - put into effect.' But there is ample evidence that the Idea: of health insurance is rapidly gaining favor in Canada.• People in Favor A recent Gallup_ poll indicated' that '75 per gent..of:tlie people' In the, Do- minion won -id be in . •favor ot compu}il- :soky national health -Insurance. A plan • for such insurance is 'said 'to hie re- •ceiving the serious. consideration of the Federal C�'orernment. Last sprigg the Canadian Medical Assooiatioa. ,sent out questionnaires to .all practis- ing physicians in Canada, and the re- turns received were "predominantly in, favor of some plan , of health in suranee for the whole country." "Health insurance is coming for sure In Canada;"`:said Dr. George F. -Stephens, President of •the Canadian Hospital Council . recently. "Health insurance as we hope to see It will be a do»itinion-wide plan- providing--a- federal enabling act which *ill offer "TOE Plat EST FORM IN W'HI e" 708A,CCO CAN 8E SMOKED," y Grant Dexter Press), ; tt IrO09 tan4e, 1;a14 p 1Cou0erlettve o ore as er esu ek�'1r;► e Mai ong mar he a r e. g e nts' s of ea r 8 t e WOMEN TAKE OVER IN PICTOU SHIPYARD Tp Pictou, N.S., is a new shipyard, first on this continent to em- ploy women in actual ship construction work. This photo shows one of the women, in 'action. The busy shipyard, employing 300 women and 1,000 men, was built on a deserted marsh. Within eight months the yard was completed and had launched two ships, nearly finished a third. The women shipbuilders in Pictou range from grandmothers to youngsters in their teens.. the provinces aid. if the provincial governments will ed -operate," he said, "It is not before the cabinet yet, but it is coming." If Canada were to broaden and na- tionalize her present forms of social insurance and add to them the mar- riage grants, children's allowances; funeral grants and .other benefits sug- t�ested in the Beveridge Report, it would, of course, cost the country a great deal of money. Is Canada weal- thy enough t& afford such a scheme? It is estimated that the Beveridge plan, if it were put into operation in 1945, would cost Britain about £697 million. On the basis of Canadian population, that would be a cost of about $800 million, of which 50 per cent, would be • paid by the govern- ment, 28 per cent. by the workers, and 22 per cent. by the employers. In some ways $800 million seems like a lot -of money. But supporters of the social security plan,argue that Canada already spends a Iot on so- cial security, •.but she spends it.in a haphazard, often wasteful -.fashion. Said Dr. Grauer, speaking in favor of social • security ' before the Rowell- Sirois Commission :• "When. it is realized that over $1,- 000 millions has been spent by the Canadian , ,'Government during the short space of this depression on un- employment relief alone, the weight of the present burden of social inse- curity upon the public treasuries can bt+ appreciated as a really staggering one. The costs of social security are, therefore, now being met, abut in can• unplanned and wasteful way and with no thought of• keeping up the physical efficiency of the working force of the country. Furthermore, they fall heav- iett during times of depression, the very time that business and the coup- try at large can least ,carry them, and consequently retard recovery." Sir William. Beveridge . stated '•it- a different' way when he said, in pres- enting his report, that "abolition of want requires a better distribution of money money . 'among the workers them- selves, as between times of earning and not earning, and times of heavy family responsibility and times of" light or no family responsibility . . . tbi4eldployment and disability are al- ready being paid for unconsciously. It •is no addition to the burden on the community to provide for 4:liem con- sciously." Could People Pay? Then there is tlfe other side to it. Would it keep the individual poor paying -•his -social insurance premiums? It is estimated that the cost of the Beveridge plan. would be about 11,per cent. of the national income. Let us 'assume faro -the moment that premi- ums amounted to 11 per cent. of each individugl's income„ Actually, prem-, sums under the Beveridge plan would. be 'based on age group and sex. But supposing they did amount to 11 per cent. of each pay 'cheque! Wartime income taxes have taught us that we YOUR BREAD CAN'T BE 'BEATEN! ROYAL `YEAST CAN'T BE BEATEN! g Mdde Tn Canddp , Maks Bre¢�d that's rich, delicious, ligl-texttreJ, tasty, more digestible! ALWAYS FULL STRENGTH, ALWAYS DEPENDABLE can pay higher taxes. than that and still make ends meet, as long as we are working and earning But it's in times of unemployment and sickness that we're really up against it. So- cial security would. take money from us at times when we could afford to Lay. But it would pay us back at tures when we needed money most. Living proof that such a scheme as the Beveridge report is workable is New Zealand, one of Canada's sister dominions. Among other social se- curity measures, the people, of New Zealand enjoy old age benefits, widows rznaions, family allowances, invalid bt•uefits, and absolutely free medical and hospital care for everyone. Divided Authority There is a constitutional difficulty standing in the way of , a social se: curity plan for Canada. The-•B.N.A; Act divides the powers of federal and Provincial governments in such a way as to make sweeping social reforms difficult. But this obstacle was sur - moulted in the case of unemployment insurance. And it could the surmount- ed again by any -government which was really anxious to introduce na- tional social insurance. • To those who say that we should concentrate on the job of winning the war before•we plan for` peace, Sir Wil- liam Beveridge replies that these plans must be made now so that- they will be ready when peace comes. The purpose of victory, he says, is. .to live in a better world than; the old one. "If the united democracies can show strength and courage and imagina- tion . . . they cah plan for a better world even while waging total war. They will win together two victories which in.truth are indivisible." Butter Regulations Many farmers are still somewhat puzzled by the new rationing system of butter, •. although it has been in effect for some weeks, correspond- ence in Ottawa indicates. • And as this rationing even includes the farmer who makes butter on bis own farm, it is important that every aspect of the rationing plan is fully understood by each farm family.' For. this rea- son Consumer Information Service re- peats some of the more important points of the Wartime Prices and Trade Board ,Order. Every farmer who makes his own butter must register with the Board as a manufacturer of butter. r This can be dome by sending his name and address to the nearest local ration board. All farmers must register, stating that they are producers of butter, before January. 31st. A' farmer who sells butter made oii his farm, either directly to his friends and neighbors, to • consumer custom- ers, or to stores, must collect the pro- per number of coupons to cover these sales. The • coupons used for butter ra- tioning are the bt•own ones contained 'n the ration books already in use. A coupon is good for one half pound •of butter per person, per week. Each has a definite period in which it is valid, and it cannot be used either before or after that period. For in- stance, Spare "C" coupons, numbers 3 and 4, are good for a half pound of butter each in the period from Janu- ary 3 to January 17, and so on. All coupons collected by farmers must be turned into the local ration board offices at t;)ie end of - each month. What is more, every farmer who Makes his -own butter, and con- sumes it at home, must turn in en- ough coupons each month to Cover the butter eaten by every member of the household, at the same rate of one coupon for each. half pound. Any further. ,information about the new rationing plan can be 'had lljr Writing to 'the) local Wartime Prlees and Trade Board office in the com- lininit *. (C'ontin'uo$ case.! 'of'' alleged st}blrl ksive Otiv'ity were 4ave$tigeted ate ffijt wt4rat'tt were issued• iia most I ta137e0 ; Area - colt were ve' AIOnZoo gcCann Of Stephen,. chairman, aa* $pev�e Vrgd• Watson of 45taiklev', bolo fresh from thein vietodes�• at ilia p, s, and War- den George' Arnp.�strong Goderieh Sig- t,0el-Star; Ill in 1468R14.11468R14.1 Mrs. Wellington Helot, of Cred4- ton, is ill in St' Joseph's Hospital, London. She wee taken, down in an ambulance on New Year's night.. Her many friends will hope for a, speedy recovery.—Exeter Times -Advocate. Foot in Cast Leotard Harvey, while playing hockey at the arena on Saturday af- ternoon, fractured a bone in his left ankle and the foot is now in a cast. —Exeter Times -Advocate. In Train Wreck Troopers Mahlon. and Wes. Ryck- man and Bill Penhale, while return- ing to camp at Dundurn, Sask., fol- low4ng Christmas leave at their homes here, were on the train which .figured in a wreck at Lazare, Man. A troop train going west eollided with a passenger ° train going east. The en- gireer of the passenger train was kill- ed. A few passengers on the troop train were injured, The men left Ex- eter on Sunday, December 27.—Exe- ter Times -Advocate. ' Lads Enlist in R. C. A. F. Three more Winghant youths have enlisted in the R.C.A.F. They , are George Lloyd, Douglas Fry and Jack Lewis.. George will report the middle of May, and Doug and Jack will re - Part in March: Wingham Advance - Times. ° Another Overseas Arrival Mrs. Geo. Casemore received word on Monday that her son, Robert Case - more, had arrived safely overseas. Bob was attached to the, R.C.O.C. and before going overseas took a driver mechanic course at Barriefield.— Wingham Advance -Times. Fractured Wrist On Saturday at the noon hour, Mrs. T. W. Pickett fell in front of the Queen's Hotei'and fractured her wrist. -=Wingham Advance -Times, Now a Pilot Officer Congratulations are due .Harry Pos- ;iff on his receiving his commission in •the R.C.A.F. as a pilot officer. Har- ry who was ,home for New Year's :eave, has just completed a course at Mountain View and is now -attending an instructor's '• course at Fingal Bombing School,—Wingliam Advance- Tinies. Cars To' Carry '42 and '43 Markers Motor vehicles in Ontario will be: required 'to carry a 1942 marker in front and a 1943 marker .behind be- tween February 28 and April 1 to sat- isfy both Highways Minister T. B. Mc- Questen and Oil Controller George Cottrelle. In the first place, the On- tario Government has ruled -that the 1943 single -plate markers and other vehicle and, operators' permits must be purchased by the; February date, and, in • tile second, Mr. Cottrelle's new gasoline coupon' books, bearing the number of the operators' markers, will not be issued until .April 1. Faced with this minor Problem, the Depart- ment of Highways has hit upon the happy solution of having the two - plate system. Th.e front marker will coincide with 'the marker number on the 1942 coupon books and the new 1943 platebehind will serve as the identification tag^ for law enforce- ment: Goderich Signal -Star. Have Fust Feeding Birds • Gladys and Donna •Gow get a great thrill out of winter. Last winter they made a bird feeder and placed suet in it. Two chickadees, a nuthatch, woodpecker and a came for lunches. With the 'first fall of snow early this winter the Chicakees and Nuthatch were back again. Unfortunately, the Nuthatch domineers over the Chicka- dees, and the girls are ,making anoth- er feeder to keep peace between the two bird families. These bird feed- ers are made from a plan Dr. Vokes suggested last winter at a nature meeting. The girls disrnantel their Christmas tree New Year's day and placed suit hers and there around it, then tied it to a maple tree three yards from the dining room window. The next forenoon a lovely Blue Jay came for a lunch of suet, and has made his appearance several times Standard. Mete's Salvaged Materials that once 41'041'0 required in the mamifacture of refrigerators, now directed to making war equip- ment, include aluminum, brass, tin, chromium, copper, nickel,' iron, zinc, mica, neophrene, rubbet' and steel. .m Eighteen thousand pounds or ore of aluminum is •required for . the manu- taettlire of one large ,bomber; Enough steel can be'salvaged from, an old autoinoltile to make 25 he Oy roaehlne . guns, 34.1 i; Free ;t!ia dflielnrloa4s OP* ilio c. '4*Ot Qal ttte tivaa� 114-4440141400,:,tQ' ifiT4 '- ?