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cman sneaking over cm on sic in the that annual mid for was minus butterfly these pensiona Ina nearly 120 led and the 11te toobcervc urdayeb10 ARnMno ot Midltnd Dcputy Spea the House of Commonin veterinaaffaln Tb tube of his tallth given below ad charter as am sure the welfare ofour veterans is matter of vital and continuing interest to all Canadians Virtuallyevcry World War it and Korean veteran retelved war service gratuity the totil amounting to almost $477 million They also had reestablishment £redits which could rbeusedfor ccrtain authorized purposes and the amount of credit chimed is nearly $302 million Crcdltlachlmcil wish to stress to the clan ans themselves that nearly $25 miiiion remain unclaimed and veterans have until 1960 or 15y barge to use their About85000 veterans receiv ed vocational training at cost of approximately $53 millionzan other 54000 veterans were given university training at cost of 5150 mi lion The cxtcntto which these veterans are responsible for our booming economy is matV ter of conJccture but it is certain that their contribution has been and is considerable During the academic years of 194047 and 194748 votcrans constituted more than onethird of the total enrol ment in Canadian universities and as we all know therecord of those veterans in their studies was outstanding Employment Protection During the immediate post discharge period our veterans were given comprehensive em ployment protection and this no doubtedly was one of the reasons that thotransition from military to civilian pursuits was made so smoothly Here are the statisti cal highlights of that job secur ity program Out of work benefits of $2 million paid to assist more than 160000 World War it veterans Unemployment insurance fund contributions of $59 million on behalf of nearly 614000 World Warlil andeorean veterans Monthly allowances of over $27 million to veterans establish ing farm and business enter prises Newartnclple For centuries land settlement has been afavorite rehabilitation measure for jdemcbliizcd service men and until recent years it has frequentlyfibcen the only assist ance offercd the new veteran seeking to reestablish himself often too this assistance was madepart of broader pioneer ing progratjn which is probably the reason some of thesepro grams were not outstanding suc cesses The Soldier Settlement Act of World Warl introduccddhe prin ciple of lending money to veter ans to purchase farms in settled commnitiésf and for stock and equip ent to operate these farms The Veteransland Act of World wu ll incorporated the best features ofvthe Soldier Set tlcment Act and introdilced sev eral newgnffinciples the condi tional gr assistance for part time farmers and gtmunercial fishermen an home Construc tion assistance in the result more than 170 veterans have beenassisted and about one out of every 10 agricultural units in Canada are operated by VLA set tlers Main Pillar gt One of the main pillars of the Veterans Charter of course is the Pension Act under whlch compensation is paid for the loss of life or limb is resultof war service the end of last May more than 194000 persons were runs we an in million unearthed Iven that been capstan decor mib umber MWorld Wacii pensioners bo l8 ll Aayoovmiglztiti most mine it in Modems and nudyaiserln thoseot to Second World War Bovine Completed During thevlaat two year the Canadian Pension Commission completed several mlem as part at the policyof ensuring that the maximum bcnttlta of the Pension Act are made available to veterans One was review of all World War pensioner with disabilities assessed at 40 and 45 per cent These awards if they had been in effect for three years or more were stabilized but the Minister of Veterans Affairs the Honor abie HuguesLapoime felt that medical reexamination would dis close an increase in disability in Award Increased TOvcr 30003 such were reexamined subst were increased tEtl pcv more which as know makes their dependents eligible for awards in th event at death should to the amendments to the War Veterans Allowance Act which became effectiveonApril 1055 am sure that all of you know that the monthly rates were in creased from $50 to $601M sin gle recipients and from $00 to $108 for those receiving the mar ried rates Similarly the annual incomelceilings wereraised from $720 to $040 and from $1200 to $1440 gt Effect of Amendments What yoanay not know is the effect thesefirnendments have had on the number of recipients and on the publicrtreasury At the cndjof March 1955sbc fore the amendments cameinto effect about 44000 WVA ac counts wcre in payment no cost of approidmately $20 million per year year later there were nearly152000 veterans wid ows and orphans eivingaliowv ancesat an annu liability of over $40 million In addition the estimated cost of treatment for the recipientswho arc veter ansTthey are eligible forfree treatment tornmy condition increased from nine to million dailw hledical Irefitm While ll the subject oureag ment ight mention that dur ing the 195550fiscal year about 6350 patients were treated under section 13 of the veterans treat ment regulationsJ That is the section under which veterans may obtain rueatment DVA hospi tals with the charges scaled to their abiiltytogpay The cost of the treatment to thoseveterans was approximately $2350000 of which iessthan onequarter was charged to the veterans concern ed Altogether there are over 50000 veto as admitted to on hospitals in year and about 60000 outpatienttreatments giv en ina month At the present time the de partment operatesrli active treat ment hospitals Vwit an operating capacity of over 9000 beds All of these hospitals have been ap by the Royal College of Physi ansand Surgeons farposb graduate teaching medicine and surgery me are ap proved or teaching certain spec The treatmcn of the department also engag in medical research and us allyhas to 100research pro jects in yogress These studies range for andwide over the med cal field but because strmuch of bility is fall into the broad field of geriatrics Geriatrics is tendollirjword re lating to the process of aging DVA lS peculiarl fitted to undertake research in is field as no other agency in Canada has ike to refer briefly may discovier why one maltls Joid atvthc ag vol 60 while an or is younx at 75 the age at which manshould retireand it he should actually retire in pietely atoll Perhapr they may even discover what physical changes take place in the procc al axing and how to retard or even defer indefinitely those changes The Seriously Disabled World War It veterans re now lcgislattn one group of ctcraps rehabilitation These men rcccive disabilily pensions They are givcn pros thctic appliances and taught to use them if such appliancesare appropirato Then they areas sisted including retraining if necessary to find employment matched to their remaininglabti itics Sosuccessful haa the depart mentbeenin this aspect of its Work that its methods have been studied and applied to persons disablcd through causes other than military service in time of war Educationhsalstanco There aremany other aspects of the Veterans Charterwhich timedoes not allow me to men oucreferrinx to the Educdtion Assistance Act under which vanced educatlon assistanceia provided forithe children of thosc who diedas multof war so vice Thisleg slation came into feel in 358 nd during the first three academic arl 00 children ar dead were up 85 per training or have completed theircou cannot take the plain thedetails of to act now but if any of my encrs know of any children who might be eligible lgwould strongly suggest that youadvise themt contact the nearest DVA office two or three years before they will be ready to undertake the advanced courses they desire Sympathetic to want to assure outhat government and parliament dividuallymand co lectively are very sympathetic to the needs and requests of our veterans andthe officials of the Department of Veternns Affairs are always ready and anxious withinflthc broad limits of the charter to assist veterans in any possible way want to pay hate many many which th branches ofv 035 codes and sharedn this impo ant work And wantvtq as finally that anadian have fr son to belproudot the Canad an program for veterans Without comparisons to other countries weca nevertheless say that no other program is moracomp hensive no other program more carefully tailored tomeet the needs of the veterans them4 the selves PAINTING cmma paint ceiling if you allow the paintto be littleheavierth ceiving pensionsunder hl ac he tion would bethe case for walls tion but must not close with atedv groups thesonceof stopping wolk com Although Lvlriually all of oilr that the Liberals general elocy tlan campaign would follow pru entation tournamenth rbud got that would feature increaiod social securitymencfiu including old agepcnalons No major cuts in personal or corporation income taer were planned but somereductions in excise takes wcr xpcctcd on wide range of products Also anticipated were rcltxa tions in fcderal credit curbs which in turn might influence return to lower interest rates Liberal members were reported tohavcbcantippedon lame as pchs ol budget piannlng at Feb 13 caucus witbthe promise theywauld be satisfied withwhat rdrlwn thismonltFahiFicnieobo robe wri ten ANI glrL on my statement at frflvwnfl oaaraaeu Difference Of Vé FederafiohAnd Amalgamation Orillia Feb 15511 To the Edtor The BarrieExaminer Sir lnyour paper of Feb there wasan article dealing the amalgamation proposed by the Farmers Union to the Feder ationot Agriculture AC oil Chappell and John ling esnre reportedto have said that there is no obstacle to prevent Famenllnion from joining Agricu accept altili tinn ccs fromany group Thereis big difference be tween affiliatlng and merging or amalgamating if they just affiliatedwith the Eederation Agriculture the Farmers Upton would hav one or two ect ongwthe numerous other dire ton representing the other affili Mgrdmffilrcctnr Amalganiallo the two organizations would mer into one with cons tu gt acceptable to both org ni zations The Ontario rm Union is adircct emborship rganiza tion organized by farmers who dcsirc tonhavc rass rootsfarm ers organization 5wh wr work vigorotu inthe bes interests of the actual producing farrne The Ontario Federation of Agriculture aff rated groups such as Co Cream Prqducers As ing etrmembership the Fed eration includes everyone who be longa to anyaffiliated group ludinggmanagers nd employee cooperatives eratives have heir Co Ulrich theiriUnitetl Cooperatives of Ontario the Co pacovmanag elongs to the Meat Paekeistlouncii the managers of Coops belong to Seed uyers Association Chambe Com me It hasnftcnbeen tl case at when thctarmers are goingrbroke he commercial or theyb it con hfarmersmalré their pro the farmers groups is off iatew1 the Federation of Agriculture and are represented on the board gt the Federation This hoardioi alter or ignore resolutions passed ualconventions of ibcFedv oration Why should commercial groups crelcct directors ardrot directors of farm organization Why should farmers organization include rectors from commercia ups is federation of on Hog Producers Copaco van Womens institutes Incount on have the authority to onto Wérke ThreeHoprpriimii Is Too Little Barrie 1331057 To the Editor The dinrte Braminc Sir havebeenquite inter ested in reading yoiliremarks about the downtown parking sit tmtionI Livihc whcrcl do and working downtown have rea sonto be interested for my car represents the only available transportation The town parking lot behind the post office does not seemjto have rccelvedrnueh mention and would suggest that more latten tion and supervision should be givento thislot gt During the last two winters have noticed clown lot is used for dead ragebypeople who apparently do not use their cars during thcwint0r months believe thst when the lot was renovated few months ago it was necessary to tow some the tits out before any ork could hean It is also pparen rt those oking for parking place in the the cars rkedi there for ap proximately ho torpm bout seven ninth morning till after five Lin the afternoonbe long to people who workat Cami Borden It should be quiteobvious that those who must drive downtown to work are entitled to little consideration and that three iour limit is too little would suggest that tiv hour imposed in boththe par ng lot the gor by the railway sta id move veh Ioh proposal of the federa tit inthe first place po ts Iran sure are amalgamated or based on direct tzerland is the leading pro Vththepowerv rrtalre policy for the armour dont payment oftin 1m unfun of watches ma ing 60 per of make loansIo qnso74are as than the or our loanin orhiliiaill IHNANCECQ vicinity of the lot that many of Jnct agreed to ithe princiLlcflol or officials were considering wheth the increase should be $5 or on as It won understood there would also be increasesfin pensions to thedisabled and the blind and in veterans pensions and allow anccs llowever there was still some doubt whether family allowances would be ncreased Annual spending family allowances now is $400000000 year with payment goingto about 2300 000 tamilirs and covering 5500 000 children About 890000 Canadians now receive $40 month pension payment from the federal govern ment It goes to all persons 10 years old and overabout 800 ooowithout means test pension also goes to 90000 needy persons in the 6569 age group The cost ofthis latter payment is shared by the federal and provincial governments ThoCanadian Legion has ask ed the government to raisevtho ceiling on veterans allowances from $10 to $1003 month for single person and from $12010 3106 for married persons it has also asked for an increase of 33 13 per cent in pensions for disabledveterans and widows of war dead Land Hearings The spec so on land use was told at itsfirst public hearing Feb 14 that Canada is cultivating the cream of her soil but still has 45000 00 acres in reserve Dr Alfred Leahcy of the agri culture departments field hus bandry division added however that only about 5V or six per cent of the countrys total land areais suitable for agriculture He said total land under culti vation is approximately 00000 000 acres including some in pas ture The 45000000 acres in untouched landthat could be ultural 11 carrying mainly lnnorthernldanltghaAl berta northern calm biaand the southern part of the Yukon Territories lhe committees studyfwhlcb is expected to take two or more years and which may involve some committee travel wuin itiatcd by Prime Minister Laprcnbfl llhe prime minister has raid be is concerned about use to which Canadian land is being putvaarv tlcularly the problem of farrncra trying to make living from sublt marginal land Canada Council Most members of the Com no umpcd their desks the bill to 52 up Canada Councils4 litmember body with $100000000 tounivérsities given or reading lhcrorwas aSoci tempt to amend lhe legislation sponsored Prime gt Laurent which they have opposed it few minor stab at it by the Progressive Commence thmug in now goes to the Senate to approval Alter it becomesslnw Minister St Laurent is expected to name the personnel of the council which will boheadfd by snl ed fulltime cha rinan andvrcechairman it will have $50000000 to spend overa 10 year period on capital grants to universities and another $50 000 to invest using the income to promote the arts and humanities through scholarships and awards Change Divorce Rules The Senate last week approved broad changes inthc rulesgov erning parliamentary divorces Close to 400 such divorces now go through every year Probably the most important change concerns naming 0206 respondentsthe third party in an adultery charge After Sept corcspondents must be named where possible and they wit be for Camda title the rllppcr Chamber or about month The amend first in umogroo yearnmerempproved Feb 14 SLValentlnes Day They were proposed by Senator Arthur Icebaek comriot chairman of the sento dvoreo oommlttce which considers di vorcepctitlons from Quebec and Newfoundland All other pro viooa havo their own divaroo netherchange will require petitioners to submit brief statement of theilacts on which they rely This Would speed ta ing of evidence in the cases Di vome caacs now occupy thccom mittce three and four days enchanting offsitting hours or 55 cam Cosu Mount More money than the present outside limit of $100000000 may be needed to finance Canadss thereof the St Lawrence Seaway blast In ncedvcost estimate navigation facilities but nfllclalsaaid last wcck their private calcula indicate win jump by $45009000 before the huge Job is completed for the opening of the 1059 shipping season on the river Lair antthe When the $300000000 limit was sot about four years ag it appcared to give wide safety margin Cost of the federal gov ernptents hare of the hydro aesway job then was estimatedat only $200000000 But com blnation of factorschiefly big jump in general constructions costhave steadily jacked up that figure e€ WET SEASON Ncw Zealand had its wettest year on record in 1056 Auckland alone getting total of 15 inches of rainfall USEFUL MEETS Home and school associations are lnvaluableas testing ground for new ideasThe continued activity the associations is big ntepdn the right direction to the development of progressive education 4Westlocl Alta Witness EXHMiillfltlilm3 Watt until 8pm an uyour vengeance and Copy wm Be Delivered To surname tnmrut ennui Hamlin hint Krvprcni empioyeelot éwéiijestsausheo canadian industry is inarriedman withtwo or true children He has an incomeof aboursaos perfmonthwlnvstéicoz the averagels per month Heowns hisvhome ondthemortgageif any is beingvpaidvotfstea lly He has an automobile andvhls honier eouipped with almost every kind or convenience its fatherythlls typical Lice independent and self respecting Canadian lndustrinl employee anxious to see his children doweil be bones grow up asgood cltliensznd the father bet am elnihls borne in his neighborh and inhlsjob ms gonnm oceans Af LIMITED est setting good ext7