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CITIZENSHIP PROJECT 1979-1982 Senator Cairine Wilson V Fifteen submissions were received by FWIO for the i: em entitled “A Humorous Pioneer Incident”. The two 'nning entries which have gone on for final judging, are J Mrs. Beatrice M. Dunlop, McDonald's Corners W1, ,nark South District, and Mrs. Doris E. MacPherson, Cen- nnial WI, Lennox District. TWEEDSMUIR COMPETITION Cultural Project Eleven submissions were received by FWIO for the Essay ntitled "Adelaide Hoodless â€" Is the Vision as Bright To- ay? The two winning entries to be forwarded to FWIC are COMMUNITY HISTORY COMPETITION The Community History winners at FWIO level in the lide-tape competition were Springford WI, Oxford South istrict and Ramsay WI, Lanark North District. Eight entries - are received. NATIONAL PRESIDENT Mrs. Hiepleh related the impressions of Mrs. E. Oddie i- uring her visit along with other leaders of women’s national oluntary organizations to Europe. Mrs. Oddie was invited it the External Affairs, as part of the continuing program or informing the Canadian public of Canada’s foreign pol- icy, including the work done through international organi- ations. The group was briefed on the work of each of the I allowing headquarters visited: 1 ATO (The North Atlantic Treaty Organization) â€" Brussels For thirty-two years NATO has kept the peace in Europe by providing effective deterrents as a basis for detente. ' resently the balance of power is in question because of a ready Soviet build-up of 250-5520 Missiles, each with 3 warheads, each missile representing 30,000 Hiroshimoa ‘ eople in Europe are worried. All NATO countries make their own civil emergency plan in consultation with NATO. SHAPE (Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe) Officers from several countries briefed the group. From SHAPE, the Supreme Allied Commander Europe, directs efforts to unify defense measures, strengthen military forces and plan for their most effective use in an emergency. OECD (Organization for Economic Ctr-Operation and De- velopment) This organization attempts to pull together the opinion and experience of the Western industrialized societies to search for answers to the very challenges that endanger man as a result of progress in technological and social fields. In- fluence of the rapid hike in oil prices has been investigated; many newly independent countries are found to be greatly affected. The World crisis has been conceived as a result of the impact of oil pricing. Solutions to this must be inter- related with global negotiations concerning raw materials, food, energy, finance and trade. FWIC Mrs. Keith Hiepleh, Senior Board Director The Director of Environment is concerned with water management, hazardous wastes, urban environment, moni- toring of change, etc. Accomplishments to date include pioneer work done on acid rain; radio-active waste manage- ment to lay foundation for pretesting of chemicals: of 50,000 â€" 70,000 chemicals in use probably 1% are in need of testing; recommendations # that in problems of hazar- dous waste, industry should reflect cost in the cost ofproduct and public participation should be encouraged. IEA (International Energy Agency) Paris The function of IEA is to promote the co-ordination of energy policies of the twenty-one member countries. It atâ€" tempts to promote policies that permit members to reduce dependency on oil. The countries are committed to helping one another if their oil supply falls below 7% or more. VISIT T0 LAHR - Canadian Forces Base in West Germany Lahr is on the edge of the Black Forest. About 6500 mil- itary personnel are in Europe, some in SHAPE, some in England and a few in every NATO country. In Lahr most live in the sixty surrounding villages and few have telephones. Two hundred professionals from Canada serve the 3500 children of military personnel in Europe. Teachers are on loan for two to five years and remain employees of their own boards in Canada. They are of high calibre, being select- ed from 1500 applicants. PRESIDENT-ELECT Mrs. Harvey Noblitt, President-elect FWIC, presented a report on activities of the national organization. She told about the FWIC Exhibit in Ottawa City Hall last February which was already reported by Mrs. l-liepleh in a previous issue. Further to the Pensions report, the questionnaire will be completed by Ontario‘s Ad Hoc Committee. When all prov- inces report, Mrs. Noblitt will prepare a submission to govâ€" ernment based on opinions of members across Canada. Bill C53 which deals with sexual assault, pornography and child abduction was responded to very poorly by all Provinces. In fact only one Province gave any opinions. Over the years, Wl‘s have frequently sent in resolutions about these subjects, Mrs. Noblitt presumed they would want an input into any legislation dealing with their con- cerns in these matters. Since we had been one of the few organizations called in by Hon. J. Chretien, Minister ofJus- tice, to discuss the proposals he was presenting to Parliament on the Bill, the door of communications must be kept open. Mrs. Noblitt prepared a short brief based on resolutions sus» tained over the years. This Bill has surfaced again and Mrs. Oddie is anxious to prepare a more complete brief dealing point by point with the proposed changes. This was prepared and approved by the President and has now gone to government and Mrs. Noblitt will present it to a governmental committee in the near fumre. Mrs. Noblitt went on to urge that every WI member par- ticipate, and not leave these important issues tojust a few. 17