The Bermuda Recorder

              page three saturday january 23 1964 tim bixmoda moosdxb pembroke branch ot welfare society reports on year's work how parliament works women press rights the national insurance section the great sunt to be spent on |)^^%| i m retirement was one of the gov b^^jili^fc i'imli'1'l'lls^^^^^^^^^^^bh british review pay would the women agree that their retiring age should be raised from 50 as it is at present to 65 the same age as if the n^^^^ih e i .______________________________________________________________________! diaadi ec gct nfl of unsightly rllflr-l-ca blemishes fasti give them a speedy treatment with medicated antiseptic dr chase's ointment soothes as it heals 69c large size 6 times as much 2.23 the speaker of the house of commons dr chase's % the annual general meeting of the pembroke branch of the iteriuuda welfare society was held on wednesday in the masonic hall hamilton when reports of work done during the past year were presented and officers were chosen to serve during the ensuing year showed at during 1953 5,877 general nursing visits were paid by the branch's nurses other visits included 583 mid wifery 573 free 125 ante natal and 4b casual making a grand total of 7,204 visits over 1.000 babies were brought to the baby clinic at kingsley for attention dur ing the year the report noted 24 iniiiiuiiisatio.ls and 12 vac cinations were giveil the wednesday clinic was attend ed by an average of 35 babies by melita knowles were given job t he stanley hyland talking in the bbc's european servce on f'how parliament works said that no member of par liament can take part ill a de bate in the house of com mons unless the speaker calls upon him by name to do so the speaker was elected by the house and had to be a member of it antiseptic ointment the christian science monitor london — a cauliflower is a cauliflower and worth its money in the market no mat ter whether it is grown by a man or by a woman similarly a job is a job if the job is done well it has its market value whether it is done by a man or a woman a horticulturist who sent her product to market each day mrs thelina cazalet keir for not implementing their election promise to award equal pay for equal work since it would cost about 28.000,000 78,400,000 in the first year the handy market presiding over the meeting was mr gilbert a cooper m.c.p guest speakers were the rev noel chapman pem broke parish rector nad mrs o <;. wellbourn wife of the senior salvation army officer in the coloiiy vet quite a lot of this sum would come back to the treas ury in taxes mr greenwood said the move would not be inflationary he felt since no new money was being put into circulation it would come from the pockets of the tax payers who were the employ ers of women and who were at present paying less than the proper wage court street phone 2991 deliveries made twice daily he must be there in per son said hyland present in the house as a member when the debate takes place in which he will be named pro posed and seconded very occasionally more than one member was proposed for the office but once a speaker had been elected he was re-elected without opposition at the beginning of every parliament until he decided that he must retire specialising in fresh fruits and vegetables and choice a total of 7y.il children at tended the dell wood school clinic for treatment of minor ailments during the 26 days the clinic was open it was also noted that duriiig the year over 10,000 bottles of cuts of meat used this example to point up anomalies ill the british econ omic system when presiding over a meeting of the equal pay campaign committee here recently vegetables string beans potatoes carrots all of the executive officers who served last year were re elected to their posts they were mrs f c snape jr chairman mrs j s maxwell vice-chairman mrs c m gladwin secretary and mrs william s masters treasurer mustard greens cabbage etc for salads lettuce tomatoes cucumbers parsley celery milk were served to children of west pembroke school the school's parent-teachers association was now responsi ble for the financial aspect of this work meats turkeys chickens fryers pork veal and beef sausages and salted meats fortunately i have had two jobs both of which have been paid the rate for the job she said 1 was in the house of commons i am now a horticulturist when i send my cauliflowers and chrysan themums to market so far as i know my customers do not mind whether they have been grown by a man or by the today the children of bri tain were paying the price of men's shortsightedness in the past mr greenwood said there was a great shortage of teachers school classes were overcrowded and t e a e hers were not being trained in sufficient numbers to make any considerable improvement in the foreseeable future fruits apples franges grapefruit lemons grapes chosen to serve on the executive committee were mesdames stewart atwood l e campbell harold card e x b chapman f b clarke louis m b corbin w .). davis r c hollis hal lett t ii hamon j p hand t ii i lardine william kiiig 11 p motyer tjiad smith m van lowe john iilghain richard g o r h a nl ralph down an 1 roy havens and iliss ethel greenslade traditional ceremonial ex pected the speaker to seem reluctant to take office the members who have proposed and seconded him lead him to the chair as soon as he has been elected and his show of reluctance is historically in teresting aid hyland it's not always been pleasant to be speaker of the iioilsp of com mons the office was ohce in the direct gift of the crowil the speaker was a kiflg'9 hlah and his unpopularity in the house of commons was justi fied for centuries until he broke away from the royal direction miscellaneous all kinds of canned goods and baby food fresh milk and cream daily farinc the secretary's report wan adopted on a motion proposed by dr henry wilkinson di rector of public health ser vices who drew attention to flic high rate of illegitimacy lii the colony he pointed out that more than 300 illegiti mates were born here last year out of a total of i.'l50 births including children boril on american bases george tucker proprietor chairman of your committee present wage system not true of all make masters ltd other professions in bri tain however were not so fortunate she indicated the civil service the teaching pro fession and most of the local government services exclud ing the loudon county coun cil still pay a woman about four-fifths of what they would pay a man he felt this condition arose partly from the discontent with the present wage system which gave women teachers about four-fifths of the wages of men teachers under this ruling a headmistress was paid four-fifths of the salary of her masculine assistant teacher dr wilkinson told the wel fare workers thitt the pre sumed fathers of 11 out of 12 of the ilegitimate children were known to the authorities he said if it wasn't for the great interest taken by the welfare nurses such complete figures would not be in hand your the report of the committee fjlfffcflffrl notice the speaker was no longer the sovereign's man but a ser vant of the house of com mons his official residence was within a few yards of the chamber and he could not leave it so lotig as the house was sittiilg except to take his place in the speaker's chair his full-time job of euormoits responsibility had become a symbol of the house's sov eign supremacy murmurs of dissent came from the thousand - strong audience of women when liberal joseph griinond sug gested that men might consid er foregoing sonic advance in salary so that the ladies could catch up our claim for equal pay for equal work mrs cazalet keir said is not a wage claim it is a simple matter of justice pictures will be shown at emmanuel baptist church on thursday night january 28th 1!»54 at 8 p.m mr cooper described illegi timacy as a serious menace and declared that something would soon have to be done about the problem he felt that the welfare society could do something about the situa tion supplies headquarters four men speakers support ed tlie fight for the rate for the job at this meeting admission at the door 1/6 one shilling and sixpence britain is going through a crisis in which it needs to mo bilize all its skills and intelli gence he said the whole jife of the country needs to be reoriented to take note of the fact women are both going into industry and running their homes to a greater and greater degree he called for changes in industrial practice and for better homes with more labor-saving devices he felt these would come as in dustrialists realized that wo men have come to stay street level delivery it is time men began to realize that so long as this pool of underpaid women la bor exists in the country socialist anthony greenwood said the whols stasdard of life is in danger children half-price speaking from his experi ence as chairman of pembroke parish vestry mr cooper said that over 1000 wet'e spent last year on relief of illegitimate children aa their parents the speaker of the house has a lonely and elevated dignity which all the symbol ism and ancient ceremonial helps to maintain naul hy land he starts as a member of a political party but as soon as he becomes speaker he severs himself from every political connection he re signs from his political clubs he expresses no political views he separates himself in actu ality as well as in implication from his fellow members complete stocks of proceeds for campaign build ing fund galvanised—brass & cast iron pipe and fittings sponsored by fellow-ship architects dentists doctors and accountants have recog nized this and women in these professions get the same pay as men for their services gate valves __^-'^^*-._: _-^_^- ...:?-.^^__ i per--_-.-4sife-r...^?^s check valves globe valves a stout that really p5?%j & revives you tw loi and it's not bitter ifll get down to facta it is tihie men stopped singing songs about their mothers and writing poetry to their girl friends they should start showing their apprecia tion in a practical way by giv ing the rate for the job mr greenwood continued women's part galvanized rainwater pipe and fittings he avoids the rooms which members use and has a separ ate part of the library the grounds of the house and part of the terrace facing the river thames reserved for him bis salary is high he has a large pension when lm retires and lm is elevated to the peerage as soon as lie leaves the speakership he ranks high in the list of pre cedencies in tin state higher even than dukes who are not of the blood royal ' and ollly tow commoners the prime minister and the lord presi dent of the council can ever precede him in status but he is a lonely ligure for all his advantages in precedence wealth and authority we in britain put up with a number of fantastic anoma lies gilbert hardng well known television speaker said but how and why women continue to dec members of parliament who fail to offer a linn undertaking that they will give equal pay for equal work passes niy eoinprehcn 6 half round galvanized gutleing the conservative . govern ment gave economic reasons church sion plumbing ty these are for the speaker alone the speaker to whom all members from the prime minister down to the latest back bencher to take his seat bow with humility and re spect a new idea for considera tion by the efual pay cam paign committee was suggest ed by gilbert longden con servative the qninqninniel review of national economy he said was due jn 1934 in masters ltd street supplies although the slightly bitter teste of most stout is widely liked some people prefer the smoother softer flavour of mackeson's milk stout they find a new lease of life in every glass welcome indeed when the long day's work is done west dept mackesqn's milk stout "... you'll like it better ! * t h e personality of the speaker aided by the impres sive dignity and ceremonial of his office and assisted by rigid rules of order makes the house of commons an efficient legislative and investigating chamber the speaker has many important functions e^m m f m w hffll nsrejlelectricaln ef ■ 11w1d amd bottled y whitbread agents roi iiiiiiioa riimi liquoii ltd hamilton mud imported by i friths liquors ltd distributors he calls members into de bates decides what amend ments should be put when de bates should come to an end and what supplementary ques tions can be put to ministers at question time when the house divides on a question he holds the easting vote tt is he who deals with offenders brought before the house and those judged to have been smilty of contempt are solemn ly admonished by him in pub lie before being dismissed or • ommitted to prison by order i 1 st george's hamilton somerset sot va^^aw-mmmam^v!tmw—mm q\wm m fa-ktmn-l it nmy be wed botii miatnmxly r$*tm t2b ami'mmramtty it * truly the hoeeewife t&vm s%itfmmm be * fr '• ,,<, • ' xrvellou reliever ot pais • \ tyn vh b "** *• <■■•»■»•» • mmw^^^^^m\^^^^3mammmmmmmmmmmmmm^^m^mmtmmmmmmmmmmw^^mammmmmmmmmmmma northrop s lyman co limited - " if lberm-mmla m*m^^^msl m j / tm\m k l m mm f the house .. uk ips power is very great but '• ■ is also the servant of the toiise which he controls in ac cordance with a meticulous and complicated body of standing orders and conven tions xo one has the speak ers authority in the chamber or outside it said hyland xo one but the speaker him self can suspend the house or teal with offenders these are the functions of the high est responsibility and authori fr w limited at our showrooms st george's • somerset - • ham tdk o