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#31;OLD AGE FENS IONS #24 (Battle River Conf.) "Y.Tiereas, we feel that the present so-called Old Age Pension is simply a pauper's dole, and #31;".

:S FOR THE AGED (B attle River U.F.W.A. Conference) #31;"ViHiereas, the problem of taking care of the aged is becoming more urgent year after year, and #31;Whereas, we feel that our aged should be housed in or near their own community; #31;Therefore be it resolved, that we ask our municipalities to look into the feasibility of luilding such homes for the aged." i #31;Moved by Mrs.

Conference) #31;Be it resolved, that v/e ask the Dominion Covernment to lower the age for Old Age Pensions to sixty-five years.

#31;If the age limit rema;ined at 70, the financial responsibilty would approxi- mate $300,000, while if the age limit was placed at 65 or 60 it would run up to $600,000.

#31;#29;#11;Under Our #31;REDUCED PREMIUMS #31;You can purchase Whole Life Participating Insurance #31;AT THE FOLLOWING RATES: #31;#29;#11;Age 25 $17.35 per thousand #31;Age 30 19.95 per thousand #31;Age 35 23.40 per thousand #31;Age 40 28.05 per thousand #31;Age 45 34.15 per thousand #31;Age 50 42.30 per thousand #31;#29;#11;These policies participate in the company's earnings.

#31;Old Age Pension Act ( Arroi-.-zvood U.F.^'.A. Conference) Whereas, '20.00 per month is increasingly inadequate to maintain a single individual having no other income, and #31;V/hereas, thousands of persons in Canada upwards of sixty-five yeiirs of age hsve no means of support; #31;'Ve respectfully petition that am.endm.ents to the Old Age Tensions Act be introduced at the next session of Parliament to 'increase the old age pension to ?

#31;OLD AGE PaJSIONS (Okotoks Local) T-liereas, many older people find themselves lacking sufficient income before they reach the age of seventy; #31;Be it resolved, that we ask our government to lower the required age for re- ceiving pension from 70 to at least 65 years.

tnd Lethbridge #31;#29;#11;Lethbridge Ag-Expo #31;#29;#11;Ag-Expo is the Annual Seed Fair and Agriculture Show co-sponsor- ed by the Lethbridge and District Exhibition, Chamber of Commerce and Alberta Agriculture.

#31;Therefore , be it resolved that this Conference favors the following: #31;That the group between the ages of 8 t o 15 be allotted a different name than that given to the group over 16 years of age."

(136) #31;I -15- #31;' Old A^e Pensions (covering 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11) "V^ereas, due to #31;the increased cost of living and the necessity of livinr bonuses by j many groups , and #31;V/hereas, many women having attained the age of sixty, and men having attained the age of sixty-five are unable by reason of their age, to secure gainful employment, #31;jj Therefore be it resolved, that we ask that the pension age be li reduced to sixty ye^rs for women and sixty-five years for men, and : that the amount be increased from twenty to thirty dollars per month. #31;^ Moved by I^rs .

#31;#29;#11;Less Structured Programs #31;A variety of agencies offer courses in ag. educa- tion.

"Whereas, many persons of seventy years and over are living on annuities or savings amounting to little more than old age pension, and #31;Whereas, these persons through their personal thrift are saving the government the cost of providing them with old age pensions, and #31;Whereas, these persons seem to be penalized because of their thrift; #31;#29;#11; #12;

#31;The follov/ing resolution which had been referred to the Committee by xhe ^nnual keeting of the j'^nior U.Z.A. v/as consicered: #31;"At the present time, the Junior jsranch of the U.F.i.. covers betv;een the ages of eii?

Life Insurance 143 Taxation of Co-operatives 143 Educational Conference 144 Child and Family Welfare 144 Parliamentary Procedure 144 Old Age Pensions 144 Domestic Workers 144 Rural Health I45 Committee on Venereal Disease and Alcoholism 145 Rehabilitation I45 Borstal System I45-I58-I63 Freezing Land 146 Standardizing Curricula in Alta, I46-I5I -166 Home for the Aged or Infirm Act 146-15 1 Education Act I46 #31;Cancer Week I47 #31;Exchange of Young Farmers 147 #31;Immigration I47 #31;Proposed Merger 148 #31;Domestic Help 149 #31;Indecent assault 149-/7^ #31;Delegate to Educational Con. 149 #31;W.C.T.U, 149 #31;Handicraft exhibit I50 #31;Radio Convener I5I -164 #31;Lowering Voting Age 152-163 Women in Postwar Reconstruction I55 #31;Farm Homes 155 -''7/ Agriculture and Reconstruction I56 #31;Horticiilture I56 #31;Health I56 #31;Resident District Nurses I56 #31;Yearly Medical Examination I56 #31;Arthritis I57 #31;Cancer I57 #31;State Medicine I57 #31;Venereal Disease I57 #31;Cartels I58 #31;Education I59 #31;Grants for Education I59 #31;School Curriculum I6O #31;Shortage of Teachers I6I #31;Spelling in Schools I6I #31;Education 161 #31;Enterprise System 162 #31;Directors 162 #31;Legislation 163 #31;Property Rights of Women 163 #31;Co-operation I63 #31;Canadian Citizenship 163^ #31;Eensions 164 ' #31;Deaths by Fire 164 #31;Har Rinr s I65 #31;Houseworkers I65 #31;Hostels for Domestic Help I65 Better Teachers for Rural Schools I66 #31;Inspection of Rural Schools 166 Compiilsory T.B.

Old age pensions should be provided not as a matter of oharity, but as a matter of right and justice.

Excellent opportunity now for selec- tion of suitable sires of breeding age for your herd improvement.

No one knows whether this earth of ours has indeed seen the last ice age or not, and no one knows what effect another ice age would have on the then-existing civilization, should one occur.

orld V/ar cannot get the Old Age Pension if they are in receipt of a disability pension, and #31;VJhereas, this situation at times means that a pensioner would receive a large amount were he not a veteran and on the Old Age Pension list; #31;Therefore be it resolved, that we urge the Federal Government to make imme- diate arrangements to pay these veterans an old age pension in addition to any other pension they may receive.

#31;OLD AGE PENSIONS AND VSrERANS. (redraft) V.-hereas, it has been brought to our attention that veterans of the last world war cannot get the Old Age pension if they are in receipt of a disability pension, and #31;Whereas, this situation at times m.eans that a pensioner would receive a lar- ger amount were he not in receipt of a disability pension; #31;Therefore be it resolved, that we urge the Federal Government to make imme- diate arrangements to pay these veterans an old age pension in addition to their disability pension provided their first pension is not sufficient to provide the necessities of life.

#31;This winter program is assisted by a grant from the Alberta Department of Ag- riculture.

#11;UFA Displays (cont'd) #31;#29;#11;Leth bridge Ag-Expo #31;#29;#11;Ag-Expo is the annual Seed Fair and Agricultural Show, co- sponsored by the Lethbridge and District Exhibition, the Lethbridge Chamber of Commerce, and Alber- ta Agriculture.

#31;Age Limit of Junior U.F.A. Moved ty Mrs. Learned, seconded. #31;"Whereas, our Junior U.F.A. is affiliated «dth the C.C.I.Ll and is #31;associated vdth the Youth Congress Movement; and #31;"Whereas, these organizations have an age limit of tMrty years j #31;"Be it resolved that we amend our constitution to extent the age limit of the Junior U.F.A. to 50 years."

Whereas, there is no age lixit for Junior U.F.A. members, and #31;V.'

#31;Carl Axelson believed that something should be done at once to assure old age pensions.

We are living in the greatest age since history was first recorded.

#31;there should be an age limit. The term "Junior" Avas a comparative one.

#31;Twenty years ago, the aver- age farm size was 550 acres. To- day, it is larger than 800 acres.

Orr 65 #31;Horticulture 65 #31;Health 65 Research in Arthritis and Rheumatic Diseases 65 #31;National Health Insurance 66 Nomination & Election of President 66 Nomination & Election of 1st Vice 67 #31;Credential Committee Report 67 #31;Directors 68 #31;Cost of Education 70 #31;Price Ceilings on Butter & Meat 70-71 #31;Washing Machines 71 #31;Excess Profits Tax 71-4r3 #31;Immigration 72 Non-English Speaking Broadcasting Stn, 72-^2 #31;International Affairs 72 #31;Nurse for Farm Women s Week 72 Admittance of Colored Girl for Training 72-73 Hours of Work for Niirses in Training ^2 #31;Immigrati cai 73 #31;Old Age Pensions 73 #31;Homes for the Aged 73 #31;Daylight Saving Time 74 #31;Personnel of Mental Hospitals 75 #31;Advertising Prices over Radio 75 #31;Closing Rural Schools 75 #31;School Dormitories 75 #31;System of Education 75 #31;Education re Evils of Liquor 7$ #31;Hutterites 76 #31;Grading Farm Produce 77 #31;#29;#11; #12;

Senior Committee and Junior Board of Oiiectors, June 3, 1932 #31;#29;#11;It v;s3 ag^reed that the Secretary send a letter of congratulation upon iiia marriage to r^r .

AGVANTAGE 25 offered full UFA membership, free of charge, to any man or woman under the age of 25.

AGVANTAGE 25 offered full UFA membership, free of charge, to any man or woman under the age of 25.

elfare of such girls to extend this age limit; #31;Therefore be it resolvid, that the Government have control of such cirls until twenty-one yearsi of age.

Gc rried #31;OLD AGE ?a.^SIOI-]S t xNo. 1, page 67, Sedalia U.F..v....

(67) #31;#29;#11;-3- #31;OLD AG^ P3:TSI0N (Red Deer U,F.W,A, Conference) VJhereas, owing to the rigidity of the Old Age Pensions Act many aged persons in need of financial assistance are unable to obtain the pension at all, while others are delayed to an unreasonable length of time; #31;Therefore be it resolved, that we urge the federal Government be less rigid in carrying out the purpose of this Act«" #31;I.!

#31;OLD AGE PENSIONS. The secretary drev/ attention to an editorial from the Vancouver Sun of January 9th, asking that Old Age Pensions be increased to $50.00, lowering of age, and no Means Test.

:eRING VOTING AGE, (Two Rivers Local U.F,V.,A.) #31;"hereas, a Canadian of eighteen years was old enough to be conscripted to fight for his countrj'-; #31;Therefore be it resolved, that we go on record as favoring the lowering of the voting age to eighteen years in federal and provincial elections, #31;liioved and seconded, #31;Moved that the resolution be referred back to the Board - the Board to bring in a recommiendation at the next convention.