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that the seasonal worker should be allowed to claim exemption from this insurance on h.is_pay cheque. (It was suggested that where difficul- ties occur probably whoever issued the pay cheque failed to enclose a form for application for exemption.) Because investigation has shown that in some charity drives a great part of the money col- lected goes to pay expenses, salaries, et cetera, and only a small fraction goes to those for whom it was given, the Provincial Charities Act should be amended to require the net yield to be pubâ€" lished along with a statement of expenses and that drives yielding less than 75% of the total collection be reviewed by a Government agent and income tax levied against such charities. A resolution to be sent to the Secretary of State asking that the Canadian National flag, whatever pattern it may take in the future, shall have the Union Jack as part of its design. A resolution petitioning the Ontario Govern ment to extend the Hospital Insurance plan to cover “designated, certified nursing homes". A resolution reading in part: “Whereas the name of Judge Emily Murphy first President of the Federated Women’s Institute of Canada should not be forgotten by Institute women; and whereas her work along humanitarian lines in- cluded improving the lot of rural women in the West as well as helping to bring legislation against the drug traffic; . . and whereas her books, now out of print, are considered among the best in early Canadian literature . . . Be it resolved that the Women‘s Institutes endeavor to find and purchase copies of her books to be placed in the Adelaide Hoodless Home along with samples of the writings of Nina Moore Jamieson, Nellie McClung and Ethel Chapman, the latter to be autographed by the author. A resolution asking manufacturers of batts for filling quilts to make a one-andâ€"a-halfâ€"pound batt as well as the two-pound and the oneâ€"pound sizes. Because the high cost of a regular trucking license is not warranted for the amount of use a farmer makes of a truck, but because a farmer needs a truck for the transport of products to and from his farm, a resolution was passed ask- ing for farm trucking licensing at a rate greatly reduced from the commercial truck license rate. Board members from different parts of the prov- ince reported cases of hunters becoming lem in farming areasâ€"shooting livestock, dam aging gates and fences, starting fires ziroimci buildings, ignoring trespassing signs, even' be. coming “a threat to the lives of humans in work or at play"; and a resolution was passed request. ing the Department of Lands and Forests from which hunters’ licenses are issued, to rlemhursg farmers for losses incurred by careless hunters The resolution also asked for more sally-Liam}; “legislation on the indiscriminate use of firearms and enabling the farmer to maintain his autumn. on his own premises." i' Prob. There was a resolution commending tht De. partment of Justice for its efforts to contii lhfi distribution and sale of obscene literatun .nd urging that “steps be taken to curb Obscei m vertisements of movies and shows." A resolution stated that when disabilii ls. sistance and Mothers' Allowance cases arr it, investigation because of reports that the I’L'~ 2m is earning other income, the payment .- mt. “assistance” or “allowance” is "curtailed l ,3. diately." Municipal councils are not in! red promptly of this curtailment so no relief i. be granted until the pension is reinstated; on he pension when reinstated is not back-paid ' lie date of stopping. The resolution asked th. in: regular pension be paid by the Departnn of Welfare until it is proven that the repor' n- cerning additional income is proven correct Another resolution said that because the c- dients in many of the new cleaning agent» rill other household products are not generally k- in and if a poisonous product should be swali- ad accidentally by a child or other person it ; ill be too late to help them by the time a ll 7r could arrive, the Government was asked to -e it mandatory that manufacturers label their ‘ lr nets with a complete list of ingredients :m n antidote that should be administered if the pr '1 is swallowed. In view of the surplus of Canadian Chm :r cheese on the market, it was resolved that .c members of the Women's Institutes plan to c cheese generously at meetings, banquets ant cial gatherings." (Nothing was said about i v; more Cheese at family meals at home but pcr- ii that was understood.) Another resolution was passed requc ; F.W.I.O. to make available for sale to [he‘l‘L ‘i Institutes a pattern of the crest in various size Photographed at the F.W.l.0. Board Meeting. left to right: Mrs. Gerald Holder, Secretary Treasurer; Miss Helen M:- Kercher, Director of Home Eco- nomics Service, Ontario Depart- ment of Agriculture; Mrs. L G- lymburner, Provincial President; Mrs. E, V. Thompson, Public Relations Officer. HOME AND COUNm