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i The F.W.I.0. exhibit at the Royal Winter Fair, featured hooked rugs. Demonstrations in various type, of mg wording requiring two subscribers to a mile, instead of three as at present, in order to secure a permit to install hydro. Asking sugar manufacturers (since the dye on sugar bagsis hard to remove) to attach a ‘ printed paper band as a substitute for print- ‘ ing on the cotton bag. Asking that manufacturers of men‘s work trousers use more durable material for pockets with a more generous seam allow- ance and more firmly secured bindings. Asking paint and varnish companies to put their products in pint cans as well as in large containers. Asking the Ontario Northland Railway and the Canadian National Railways to consider allowing reduced fares to student nurses, Asking the Ontario Northland Railway and the Ontario Department of Health to consider some means of emergency transportation in case of urgent illness or accident for the area north of Cochrane where trains run only 'twice a week. I A resolution asking manufacturers for a better quality of cotton thread at a more reasonable price. Asking that all railways be required to install warning signals of approaching trains at all crossings on main highways. And that the Department of Highways take steps to ensure a clear View at all dangerous road intersections, including “no parking" signs to prevent parked trucks obstructing the View. A resolution asking tuberculosis Xâ€"ray tests re made compulsory for every citizen. A resolution commending the founders of " he Parents’ Action League and requesting the appointment of a F.W.I.O. representative to the League. A resolution urging Institute members to efuse to take part in raceâ€"track and other etting, sweepstakes lotteries and bingo arties and urging the Government to mainâ€" ain and enforce the laWs against such prac- ices. Also a resolution that the Federated Women’s Institutes of Ontario go on record as eing opposed to the legalization of sweepâ€" ,takes in Canada. Asking the Federal Government to provide ensions for all blind persons without a ! eans test. INTER I956 making and slides on homecrotts were c: purl oi the program at this booth. Asking the Ontario Department of Educaâ€" tion to include in Teachers“ College courses instruction in auxiliary teaching methods. Asking the Ontario Government and the Federation of Agriculture to make it known to the people of Ontario that the use of butter will not only help the farmer but will imâ€" prove the employment situation by enabling the farmer to buy more manufactured goods. A request to the Federal G0vernment that “whereas there is no clear receipt from an income tax return, if no action has been taken within one year from the date an income tax return has been sent in and any necessary payment made by the taxpayer, on a net return of $10,000 or less these returns shall be made final and no further action may be taken unless fraud can be proved." A resolution asking for a one. to two-year in-residence course in Domestic Science at Ridgetown agricultural school. A resolution on racial discrimination askâ€" ing the Provincial Government to change the law so that an operator of an eating place who refuses to serve those not of the white race shall have his premises closed fer a period of not less than one month. A resolution asking that the sentences of persons convicted of sex offences be indeter- minate, and that the time of their release be dependent upon their Willingness to undergo psychiatric or physiological treatment until they are proven fit to take their proper place in society. A resolution urging the Federal Governâ€" ment to proclaim the Red Ensign the official flag of Canada. DATES TO REMEMBER Officers' Conference at the Ontario Agricul- tural College, Guelph, May 10 and 11, 1956. Women's Institute Holiday, Guelph, July 16 to 19. Women's Institute Holiday at Kemptville, August '7, B and 9. 17