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Overseas Tour Issue $____U Peace Garden with the world in such an upheavalâ€"With war going on in Korea and the threat of war else- where?" he answered, “In such an atmosphere, any institution, no mat- ter how_loeal or small that centres men’s thinking on the things that are beautiful, that are peaceful and that are typical of the principles taught by the Great Master. are deservin of our support. Such is the International Peace Garden". Provincial Briefs Much time was spent in the discus- sion of Briefs, submitted by each pro- vince to thc‘Nntional Board. These Briefs contained suggestions as to future policies and functioning of F.W.I.C. and were very challenging and stimulating. Reports covering the last Biennial term and submitted by the Conveners of Standing Committees were excel< lentâ€"each convener reporting good work being done and great interest in current topics of study. Mrs. W. A. 'l‘homson of I’ense, Saskatchewan, Convener of Home Economics, re ported that all provinces "'or'n busy promoting Health and Nutrition. Mrs. Robert Scarth of Isabella, Manitoba, Convener of Agriculture and Can‘ adian Industries reported all pro- Vinces were stressing “Soil Conser- vation" in all its phases, Mrs. J. E. Houck of Brampton, Ontario, 0- ported excellent work beine done in her Standing Committee of Citizen- ship. Mrs. Houck was disappointed in just one thing. She received only three answers to her competition for a suitable programme for “I am a Canadian” day. The Institute sub- mitting the best programme is to re- ceive a cash award, donated by Mrs. Houck. The Board decided that this competition he continued for another Biennial term in the hope that Branch Institutes would take a more active interest and formulate a programme that could serve as s model. All present regretted the absence of Mrs. Prescott of New Brunswick. Convener of Cultural Activities, who has had to resi n her position because of illness, am of Mrs. Thompson, Senior Board Director of Quebec In- stitutes and President of Quebec In- stitutes who has been forced to resign both positions because of illness in her family. The same conveners were appointed for another Biennial term and Mrs. W. A. Turner of New Minas, Nova Scotia, was appointed Convener of Cultural Activities. It was decided that the following topic of study he stressed for the next Biennial term in each province: “That the study of United Nations Organization be un- dertaken for the next two-year period iFAO under the Convenership of Agriculture. WHO under Home Eco- nomics. UNESCO under Citizenship, Human Rights and Cultural Activi- ties." Concise reports were given by a Board Director from each Province, covering the work accomplished by that province in the past two years. Following each report time was al- lowed for discussion, giving each pro- vince the opportunity of learning of new ideas and new methods for the promotion of Institute work. Resolutions from each province were also considered. Those con- sidered must have a national outlook. The Resolutions Chairman was em- powered to change the wording of resolutions presented to that of. a national level, as long as the meamn of the resolution was not chance . Following is one resolution sustained that all Institute members can incor- porate into their daily living: "WHEREAS, we the Board of Directors of the Federated Women's Institutes of Canada recognize the troubled and confused situation among the Nations of the World today; and "WHEREAS, we believe this is due to economic difficulties and struggle between conflicting political ideolo- tries; and "WHEREAS. we appreciate that such conditions cannot be ignored by thinking people; and '"WI-IEREAS, we deplore the at- titude o£ pessimism and discourage- ment among a large number of our citizens; and "WHEREAS, in the past decades we have surwved adversity through our, faith in Divine Providence, "PHEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Directors of the Federated Women's Institutes of Can- ada, reaffirm their faith in the future of our country and in the value of Democratic Government; and, “FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED that we ask our members to live according to their faith in Divine Providence and to expreSs this belief to others". _Thc Board also supported a resoluâ€" tion favourim: a uniform system of education, with the same basic or core subjects, texts and standards for all provmces. I 'l‘he_work nnd report of the Budget Committee dealt largely with ways and means of increasing F.W.I .. l'unds‘and thr,l recommendation of the committee was for an increase in al- lotment per capita. Some provinces felt_this would be difficult in obtain in View of the financing’ of the forth- coming A.C.W.W. meeting. Others felt‘an elTort should be made and the motion was carried that Provincial Representatives consult with their respective Boards as to the need of an increase in per capita uivinrzs and it was further rcemmncnded and carried that the ra' c in F.\’\".I,('. fees lie l'i‘nni Tic to T 'l'lici‘c was a lengthy discussion on 'l‘wcedsmuir Competitions. Thi~ cnmr petition was minimum] in 19-15 by Lady Tweedsmuir, who donath three silver ‘ups fnr this national projectâ€"â€" one for Twcmlsmuir Histories, one for a handicraft project and one for an es mi :1 given topic. From Ontario entries, Glenniori'is Women's Insti» tutc received second prize for its ’l‘weedsmuir History. The projects for the next Biennial tcrui were thoroughly discussed and l'olhiiviiitr are the decisions made by the I’mard: (1) That the Essay he on “The Rural Home", following A.C.- W.W. rules and regulations on this essay. to be submitted to F.W.I.C. by October I, 1952. That the Handicraft project be :i quilt following- these spec-L lications: (a) Ilesiun-orizinal. lb) Applique, button-holed or hemmed. embroid‘ cred to carry out design. (c) Hand quilted. (d) $20780” to .00" wide; 108" lonL'. (0i Matei’ialicotton. (l') Newly made by the group. (1:) “Height 7 light weight. (3) The History project would re, main the same. The Directors were intensely inter- ested in the report of Mrs. Young. representative from Newfoundland. on the “VVDl‘k of the Jubilee Guilds". So interesting was her report of the work beinr‘: done in our new tenth province that the Board voted that her account he mimeographed that all Board Directors might have a copy. (Copies of this are available from our Loan Library). Miss Anna Templeton, the other Newfoundland representative and a member of our Canadian delegation to Copenhagen last year, gave the information that the Jubilee Guilds were oreanizsd in 1936. Their motto is “Confidence. Courage and Unity". There are 88 Guilds on the Island with a member- ship of 2500â€"3300. The Guilds are financed by a Provincial Government grant plus a fee of 25c per member. Classes in cooking, sewmrzand weav- ing are carried on. The Cuilds have a handicraft shop from which goods are sold and they are in need of markets for these coeds. The necessary changes in F.W.I.C. by-laws to incoru pnrate Newfoundland as a full mem- ber in F.W.I.C. were approved. Mrs, Abercrombie, Publicity Con- vener and Editor of Federated NeWS, presented an interesting report. Items of interest from National Conveners are to appear in each issue of Feder< eted News. (2) Mrs. Challand of Simcoe. Ont., Letter Friend Secretary, in her report asked that once a letter friend contact is made and a new friend found through correspondence, that our members keep up the letters and not hetguilty of neglect and lack of inter- ca , It‘ was requested by the Board that Institute members throughout Canada celebrate three special days each year: (1) International Day (A.C.W.W. and F.W.I.C.) at the February meeting. (‘2) I am a Canadian Dayâ€"or Citizen- ship Day May 23rd. (3) United Nar tion’s Day in October. The above are the main items that were considered by the Federated Board in session. The sincere thanks of the Board of Directors went to Mrs. Strongr of Vegreville, Alberta. secretary treasurer of F.W.I.C. dur- intr Mrs. Morton’s two-year term in attire. for her excellent work and generous kindly help. Mrs. Gordon Maynard _of Unionville, well known to Ontario Institute members, has been appointed socretarv-treasurer oi' F.\\",I.C. for the next Biennial term. [ i'il Defence Speaker It was not work and discussion all the time. There were many pleasant and enjoyable interludes, thanks tn lha planningr and generosity of the Quebec Womcn's Institutes. On Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Percy of the Department of ('ivil Defence spoke to us in the role of nurse, as to our knowledge of Civil llefence needs. In her timely tall: she stressed several important fac- lni’S: (I) In this age no one is illlllllll’l" from attack. “‘2 are vulnei' able llCI‘(' to atomic bombing. [2) Canada's distances create a great many problems. Civil Defence is now under the Department of National Health. This fall, travelling teams of trained personnel will start from Ottawa and will cover the prnvinccs to instruct key coplc, who in turn will in- struct others as to civil de- fence needs. (:3) She emphasized this statement: “In case of atomic [JD/Illli‘llfl casualties will be terrific, but, except for the uranium of casualties, there will be imth- i'nrr Hint 'u's‘ have mi! known beforr g neither in type or treatment of casrrnllics." Within one-half mile radius there is total destruction. This decreases as you iiiovu out. (7] Blast. heat, fire, radiation air- the evils. Radiation lasts m'ily a few seconds. Rescue work- cl‘s can on in, in a matter of seconds. The other factors are more serious. One big: question is. “How are we point: to eat supplies to places that need themibo- cause professional personnel \ ll be casualties also". She stressed the tremendous need for volunteers in first aid and asked us all to streamline our first aid courses to make them adaptable to such a catas- troplie. Mrs. Percy pointed out that nurses will have to per- form doctors’ tasks and also nurses will have to turn over to volunteers, tasks that used to be theirs. These facts are grim, but there is a brighter side. It is a great help to have know- ledge of what to expect and what to do and Defence work- ers are supplying the knowâ€" ledge. With such knowledge no one will be safe, but many will be saved. We must all develop an at» titude of mind that will steady us. We must not create panic, After this very moving and rather grim picture, the Federated Board was entertained at the Macdonald College Club, as guests of Dix and Mrs. Brittain, for afternoon tea. This gave us our first opportunity to meet [Ill (4) (ti) 1.") (10) some of the officers of Quebec Insti- tutes and also some of the staff of Macdonald College and was '4 Va pleasant interlude between liuny sions. The business mcctinq Wmlncsday evening was interrupted t4. \vitn pageant, presented for the pic . of F.W.I.C., by the Vaudreuil-llori Women's Institute. The play w written and directed by i\ 5. ll, Wy. of Dorian Women's Institute. who also took the leading rule of Canada. The dialogue was extremely clever, very often beautiful in wurd and thought, and we were all untr ncvd h; this very colourful paucant. IL depicted what "Women of I‘aiiada” ran do for Canada, no matte-r what their VIIt'ilv tinnilriousewife, leather nui-su, prur fessional carccr, faruivr .ill have :1 part to play in the «lmrlupnwit Ill our country, and all haw a rexptiih sibility in swine that ..u.v “mm.- lie alops sh» >hnixld, :ilmiu m. lines of s i -. ppm, cumm- “mi .1... afternoon lli llltlllllt’l~ of the \\.l ‘ Board w uuu~t« ul‘ tllt‘ Quebec \\'nrnr‘n'< Insiiiutvs mi 1. delightful luis trip tlii'nuL'Ii .‘luiilroal This \\as followed by a L'"""l (up m,’ ice at tho \‘cry him-n. “Hut-1min" Tea ltnom. Fi'ivluy al‘tI-rnrmn illu limiml line‘- turs li- on u playinva luH trip to Iluelim: (lily. L'll("i\ Hf ili- Quebec Irepnrtnwnt of Airi-irultmu- ll wa: a beautiful ilriw u Iguivlim, :ilune the St. Lawrence l \'|‘ and HM: \I. - paid to the Shriin “1‘ Stir llziilclaine and Sir. Arm: .1“ i: min-.1. 11(- \‘zitili ,- had imn mu. t m.- i‘i, m NuI-niamlie. just all (rum th- ( liaiteau Fl'nntciim'. \\i lyml mi. . her in illlw lu ualk along its {amino prrmwnarlr i|llil \'l>ii «we point» ui’ inti wt in “1.1 Qm‘lii‘i‘, smimim; w Iilmn. \\L‘ worr- tlw uiivsh ui' ilii- .\lm- is i of Agriculture for lint-hm :ii .i \'(“|'_\‘ dvliulitful lillll'lli‘ull :ll ilit- I'llfl' Luau Fruutonav. " Muilnnu- l.I‘lIi-uu, m the Handicraft llivi~inn. lli‘luil’tlllclli rv[ Agriculture. \\as il‘l' ul'iuinus has. t Members nl‘ the l'errll» dos Fr - .. the rum] ruins-lisp» croups of Qlu-hm‘, \\El'l so [ll'[~> nt, Fullflwillij tlu- luncl .m lame I 7 Bean tonic us in the H lulu .il't «dlim 4 where \i-i- sow cwuii to . uiplm' of French llfllll "iil‘l. Thwv- iiu-ludml rues, draperies. pit-turns, “'mul cai-v. inc and puttmy. The liiuhliijl t id’ the u ll to many of us welc‘nuiinu our Interniilinna rlcnt, Mrs. Raymond Sri re. Szivrc had just cumpli'lml :i v' wo Iltrip which includI-ll v its ii. Institute in: < in Allhll'dliii. _\'uu Zealzind, Afr (‘ 'luli and the countries of mum».- im'liulinu mum l'll'ltall'l. On the final Ila) ni' irill' lllm‘ii! Monday, June find. no \\k‘l'l‘ uucst the Quebec \\Wmivn's Institute: at a banquet in the (‘olloun llll'iill“‘ rooni Hand: of nmnlu-r :i ’viulrleil for this n *ion, for their l‘i'xu'inI-izil Cun- \'ent in started the l'ullnuuiu iimrn~ lllL’ zit the College. .\li,<. Sayre :ii' rived in time to In} :1 ones at the ban- iiuet and tn speak in Us all. later, about licrl 'p and about cunditions in the rouiitri Silt‘ visited. Excellent and infoimativv muss were bi'uu-rht to the Board by 1“ Florence Ilcinolds. FAO Li. .0" 01 ' llepnrtincnt oi Auricultum. ~hinutun. and M15 Constance H A 'ard, Li son Ollicci‘, Th-partinent of Citizenship, Ottawa. the «losing exercises were tendered to Quebec Women’ Institutes for the ian)’ courtesies extended to us: all and also to them and the stafl' of the College for their fine vo-opt‘l‘dtiull in swam:- in): details and making our suiourn at Macdonald College so enjoyable. A special "thank you" was extended to our inuch beloved retirini.r presi- dent, Mrs. E. E. Morton, who has viven many faithful years of service to F.WIC, and who headed our l’ '~l'\.~'l0n. was tlll‘ ]vll\l an» .d' PINKKIV 7L». special organize ion for the Biennial term 1949-51. (Contrlhutcd by Dorothy E. Futclicr)