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Resolutions Sustained CENTRAL ONTARIO AREA 1. WHEREAS sixteen to twenty-four-year- olds are involved in thirtyâ€"one per cent of all collisions and yet drive fewer miles than adults; and WHEREAS at present there is no instructive program established for the benefit of students in ALL secondary schools: and WHEREAS instruction taken as a course in secondary school reduces the cost of insurance to the insured; and WHEREAS the instruction the students re- ceive would be far superior and much more varied to take in more aspects of mechanism, maintenance, and ability to drive than a par- ent could teach: THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario do everything possible to encourage and support the setting up of this program in ALL second- ary schools. 2. WHEREAS at the present time the text- books in Public Schools. especially those in the Primary and Junior Grades. generally rep- resent all the children as being white and AnglonSaxon: and WHEREAS it is at that time in life that chil- dren are without prejudice and are especially open to suggestion; and WHEREAS new textbooks are introduced from time to time: THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Federated Women‘s Institutes of Ontario peti- tion the EducatiOn Branch of the Ontario Government to reorganize the textbooks used in Ontario schools so as to be more represent- ative of children of ALL races and creeds. EASTERN ONTARIO AREA 3. WHEREAS mixed farming prices in On- tario have not kept pace with rising costs of production, making it difficult to live on farm income alone: and WHEREAS consumer prices keep rising, with the result that the farmer does not receive a fair share of the economy; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario give this problem their active concern and request that farm incomes should be adjusted to rises in the cost of living. 4. WHEREAS at the present time the cost of school buildings is exorbitant due to unnec- essary extra frills. poor advance planning and excessive profits by architects and contractors; 28 THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED its,“ ,h: Federated Womcn‘s Institutes of One”: ,p_ proach the Ontario Department of Etll' m to lay down standard specifications and m for all new buildings. 5, WHEREAS under the existing l > Ontario, children may leave home and - full responsibility for themselves at the ,4 sixteen; and WHEREAS many of these Children proven themselves incapable of acceptiii responsibility, have had to request it have turned to drugs and breaking the It. THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED ll; Federated Women‘s Institutes of Onlltl\- the Ontario Department of Health anti . fare to petition the Ontario Departmt it Justice to raise the legal age at which cl can leave home to eighteen years. 6. WHEREAS at present, many boxes contain articles which, because in size and shape, are dangerous to smut dren; and WHEREAS we consider this an until form of advertising: THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED tlt Federated Women's Institutes of i; request the Cereal Manufacturers to continue this type of advertising. NORTHERN AREA 7. WHEREAS the deer population tario is becoming scarce and liable to It extinct; and WHEREAS hunting with dogs is a cruv‘ mane practice: THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED 1h Federated Women's Institutes of Omar; the Provincial Government of Ontario 1' hibit the use of dogs entirely for deer iv. 8. WHEREAS trappers of fur bearai. mals employ the use of leg traps in c.~ animals; and WHEREAS this is a cruel, inhumane n. and WHEREAS there is a suitable substillli these leg traps in instant killing trapSI THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED 1h Federated WOmen‘s Institutes of Onta!‘ everything possible, individually and L tively. to discourage the use of leg trill" " promote more humane methods. and that ask the Provincial Government of Onto ‘ prohibit the use of these leg traps. 9. WHEREAS more and more of the ulation of Ontario receives welfare assist and WHEREAS the administration of welt'nit J source of dissatisfaction to many of thk payers. because it provides little incenli' i” work, and because it makes no provision 50F supplementing a partial income: HOME AND COUE-SFRY