THE STAFF of the Family Al- officer, George Cairns; lowance and Old Age Security of- Director, Alfred S. Tait. (ice in Charlottetown are left to left to right Assistant
right islfllngl District Treasury
Functions Of Family Allowance;io---w-. Old Age Security Explained :
Director of Family Allowances and Old Age Security, states that the highlight of the offices' act- ivities for 1956 was the move in October to its new quarters in the Confederation Building from its old quarters in the Jordan Build- log.
in January, 1945, the Family Allowances Division started op- erations and in the first few months a tlmendous amount of work was done in order to get out the first Family Allowances cheques to Prince Edward Island families in July of that year. By the fall of 1951, the regional of- fice staff was increased with the inception of the Old Age Security programme. The first Old Age Security cheques of 340 per month to eligible persons 70 years of age or over were issued from the local office in the month of Jan- uary. 1952.
PRIJENT STAFF
The present staff establishment is ten. Besides the Regional Dir- ector there is the Supervisor of Welfare Services. John Eldon Green. who substitutes for the Re- gional Director in his absences. and is responsible for all welfare matters arising from the jdmjnlg. tratloa of the Family Allowance; ind 010 Ale Security Acts la tbs
treasury
officer Arthur Proude: Welfarei
1 families
and does liaison with all the wel-
fare agencies and institutions. Mr. Herbert W.l-'
pervises the flow of work and
services the administration siaiti of the Family Allowances and Old Age Security Divisions. Mr. G. Arthur Proutle is Mr. Cairns' As-
Kenzie and lrma Doiron.
ents of Prince Edward island arei prepared by and issued from the local District Treasury Office. After the cheques are negotiated at the respective banks, the cheues are forwarded by the Bank of Canada in Ottawa, which bank in turn is reimbursed the
-' ernment ,month of 1956 from the local of- .llu;.'hes su- ficp,
Regional officer John E. Green; Supervisor Standing. of Welfare Services, 1!. W. 1-1 Hugh , es. Guardian Photo.
FAMILY ALLOWANCES The following table shows the ,number of Prince Edward lsiand
iir. Alfred S. Tait, Regional province of Prince Edward lsland,lam0ums gm: of,':"g;e?ed:r'::ll E31?
funds during
each
not wish no lose payments for any of the months following the month of birth of their children. Fifty-five parents lost Family Al- lowancetl payments for one month or more during the year due to the delay in receipt of the regis- tration forms in the regional of- fice.
This figure mprelenll a de- crease in loss of payments over previous years. Under the legis- lation a parent is snowed thirty days to make application on be half of a new born child in order to effect payment of allowances commencing with themtmth fol- lowing the month of the child's birth. When the registration fonn is not received in the regional of- fice within thirty days of the child's birth, payment of allow- ances commences with the month following the month that the reg- istration form is received in the regional office.
a child's birth with the Vital Statistics authorities, are two sep- arate operstlons. in other words, birth registration does not con- stitute registration for Family Al- lowances. Registration forms for Family Allowances are available at all post offices, hospitals and at the regional office.
IMMIGRANT CHILDREN
Under the Family Allowances legislation no provision is made for payment of allowances for an immigrant child until the child has lived in Canada for one full year. Commencing with April 1, 1956, the Department of Citizen- Ship pad immigration of the fed- eral government. was given auth. ority to pay Family Assistance for the first year's residence in Canada for each child under 16 ,years of age at the rate of 360 :per year to eligible ' ' ant ifamilies who apply.
For those parents who are in receipt of Family Assistance on behalf of their children, it is nec- essary that the parents apply for yFsmi1y Allowances at some time
' legislation a parent is not entitled
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immediately for a new born child. form owing Ia infirmity, Illness
pending verification of birth. Ver- ification of the details of birth of each child born in Canada and
i ed for Family Allowances h necessary, as it must be cs- tabllshed that the child exists and is the age claimed. it is necessary also that it be established that allowances are being paid once only for each child-
Arrangelnenta have been made with the Provincial Vital Statis- tics authorities to have all births checked against their records. If the birth cannot be verified from the Vital Statistics records, a par ent is asked to submit document- ary proof of birth.
One of the continuing eligibility factors for Family Allowances is that a child must attend school as required by the laws of the province where the child resides.
or some other valid mason. an
alwrlicat-Ion my be flliiod out and forwarded responsible ,
AUTOMATIC ELIGIBILITY
onhishehalflvyany
lnthecaseofapersuwbois
in receipt of assistance under the Old Age Assistance Act, or an allowance under the hlim Per- son's Act or Act it is unn
ison to apply himself for Old Age
Disabled Person's 1 ft! that per-
Security. as application will be
made on his behalf by tho provin- cial government authorities after
the person reaches the age of sixty-nine years, six months. In
the past yer. the regional office received 175 applications for Old Age Security from the local Div- lsion of Old Age Assistance. Blind Pensions and Disabled Person's
The Regional office has a working 51l0W"iff' arrangement with the Provincial '- "' 'PPli”-'1' "N" Department of Education, through Pm" M5 '39 W "W ""'f3c"9"
Registration of a child for FIm- its School Attendance Officer. to of the M8101!!! Dim”!- lly Allowance! Ind fE8i3U'l"0Il 0' have forwarded regularly monthly "'9'" 'cc9Pi'bl9 d0Wm9'"v3 "
reports of unsatisfactory school attendance.
Upon receipt of these reports, payments of allowances are stop- ped, and no payments are made again for any of the children re- ported untll a report is received by the Regional Director that the child has returned to satisfactory school attendance. Under the
to allowances for any of the months for which a childs school attendance is considered as unsat- isfactory by thc Provincial school authorities. During the year. 322 parents of this province lost one month or more Family Allowance on account of their children's un- satisfactory school attendance.
OLD AGE SECURITY
The following table shows the number of P.I-2.1. pensioners and payments made out of federal government funds for each of thel months of the year 1956.
January .. .. February . .. March . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
Total payment for 19.36 --
During the past year
time.
The largest individual cheque issued in the past year was ill the amount of Sill on behalf of s thir-
tacn child family. APPLY PROMPTLY
The Regional Director urges par- amount of each cheue by the ents to apply promptly for new Comptroller of the Treasury in barn children if the parents do
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allow-. sistant. Other members of the.anCes were stopped completely on' Treasury staff are Victor ('amp-ibchalf of 1.724 children who at- bell, Harry Norton, Dorothy Mac; tained the age of 16 years, and for 1 61 children who died- In the same All Family Allowances anti Old Period payments on behalf of 2.- ' Ag; security cheque, for ,-esld. 646 children were paid for the first
before the year's residence in Can ada is completed to prevent loss of Family Allowances due to de- layed registration.
No parent is entitled to receive Family Assistance if the parent can qualify for Family Allowanc- es on behalf of a child, and no parent is entitled to receive sim- ultaneously on behalf of a child, both Family Assistance and Fam- ily Allowances.
VERWICATION OF BIRTH
After regktration, Family Al- lowances are ordinarily instituted
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looks after personnel matters: y.',.,,.m,,. CM'dre- yum”. ' The other clerks are L Allison .1anuar,v 13,155 35,071 3213101 " " MacLeod, Beverley P, Fit7.Ger-iFobrllary 13,151 36.106 219.464 " .' aid and Leona (T. Noonan. 'i'hr-l'ellilarci1 13,151 36,144 219,306 5 3 b ' ' " are four stenographers, namcly;3April 13,149 36,198 nag” 06;: gm er.... . . . . .. .. . .. Helen A. Miller, Jeanette R. Dun-.Ma,v 13,154 35194, 219.714 Ne” e';)e'r” " can, E. Marie Russell and 1-2li'I.a -June 1fl,11la 36.212 219,725 Dovemb f ' ' I . ' ' I ' ' ' ' . ' H ' ' hem Guns. July mm. 36.274 220.151 ecem er.... .. .. TREASURY ()FFl(.'l-IR . ;::,'::,m,, Total payments for 1956 --
ThP Delmrtflwlll of l”1I'I-Ilne 1111- October 13.192 36.247 229:l49 There are certain requirelllellls dfr "'9 5!1D9FVl5l0" 0' (-0012) A-' Nuvcnlht-r 13.151 36,211 220,252 which have to be met before a res- Cnirns. District Trvasulxv Ofm-x-r.1uecen.m-r 13.110 36.187 220,143 ldent of Canada is eligible to re-
ceive the 340' monthly Old Age Security pension. First of all, an
” ti--n must be completed and received in the office of the Regional Director of Old Age Sec- urity.
Application forms are avail- able at all post offices and at the regional office. Under the Old Age Security legislation any complet- ed application form received be- fore a person reaches the age of sixty-nine and a half. is not con- sldered a valid application. and the person will be asked to re- apply sometime after he becomes the age of 69 years, six months.
In the event that a person is unable to complete an application
The
proof of age are birth or hap- tlsmal certlflo.-tea which are reg- istered within flve years of ap- plicants date of birth. If these doc .uments are not available. the ap- plicant must produce two pieces of documentary evidence corrob- orating each other.
TIME TO APPLY
Any person who is sixty-nine and a half years of age and who desires to apply for the Old Age Security pension, should forward a completed application form to the office of the Regional Dir- ector even though he has no proof of age at the time. The regional office will give assistance and dir- ection to the applicant in obtaining whatever documentary proof of age may be available.
The tribunal is the best example of the lengths to which the de- partment will go to see that a person entitled to the pension re-
Peasioac - Payment
6.852 QMA55 6.851 174.815 6,384 275,575 6,910 281.215 6.952 282.385 6.982 283.100 6.998 281,3” 7.080 281,755 7,028 281,875 7,012 281.195 7.025 281.785 6.966 279.065
3.350.000
ceives it as soon as possible. A tribunal is a committee of three provate citizens who inquire into all facts, circumstances or evid- ence, documentary or otherwise, which would establish applicant's date of birth and make a recom- mendatlon to the Regional Dir- ector as to an acceptable date of birth. PROOF or RESIDENCE Thlrdly, he must have lived the required number of years as a' resident of Canada as required by the Old Age Security Act. Fre- quent inquiries are received in the regional office concerning res- idence requirements In order to
qualify for the pension. There is no problem when the applicant
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Page 12 The Guardian
Friday. Jan. 11. 1957
COPENHAGEN (Reuters)-The Danes. traditional idoorkeepera of the Baltic, are reluctant to admit that to maintain their watch ef- fectively they must accept close naval co-operation with West Ger- many.
Observers believe. however. that the events in Hungary are gradu- ally effecting a change in the st- titude of the man-in-thestreet to this defence partnership.
Denmark, which was invaded and occupied by Nazi Germany. at the moment is the only North Atlantic treaty power with a navy in Baltic waters. This consists mainly of minelayers, motor-for pedo boats and a small number of modern frigates.
Russia's naval force in the area is estimated to be 3) times II
has resided Cullllllllolllly in Can- ada for the last 20 years.
If a person has taken up resid- ence outslde of Canada for any period of time in the last 20 years, he must fulfil two requirements before he qualifies. First of all, he will have to have been physic- ally present in Canada prior to those twenty years for an aggreg- ate period at least equal to twice the aggregate periods of absence years, and secondly he must have resided in Canada at least one year prior to approval of his ap- pllcation.
In 1956 a few persons who had years before taking up residence in another country and who later returned to reside in Canada, learned upon applying for the pen- sion that several month's pay- ments were lost because the ap-
" t thought he had to be phys- ically present in Canada contin- uously for the last 20 years.
Any persons who are in doubt as to their eligibility should write to the office of the Regional Dir- ector for more detailed informa- tlon.
ABSENCE FROM CANADA
Provisions are made in the Old Age Security legislation whereby a pensioner may be absent from Canada for a few months each year and still lose no payments, although no cheques are issued during the period of b from Canada.
If s pensione is absent from Canada for a period of time less than 6 months. he will receive. upon his return to Canada, pay- ments for the months in which he left and returned to Canada and for a period of up to three months of absence in any calendar year.
On the other hand. if the pen- sioner is absent from Canada for a period of time greater than six months. no pension may be paid for the months of absence except of leaving and returning. In the past year payments were stopped for 151 pensioners who were ab- sent from Canada, and pensions were resumed on behalf of 115
pensioners who returned to Can- ada-
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Danish Navy May Have To Co-operate With W.' Germany
strong: Russian warships could thus easily push past the Danes through the Oeresund . the narrow channd separating Denmark and Sweden. and reach the North Sea. But Soviet naval superiority will be reduced considerably when the Baltic units of the new West Ger- man Navy onmc into service in the spring. The ratio of naval power between Russia and the NATO countries in this area will then drop to 10 to l.
Flrstreports of a joint West German-Danish naval command, to be based in Jutland. appeared in the West German press some months ago and met with a hos- tile reception in Denmark.
New Competition For Fishermen
OTTAWA (CF)-An era of in- tensified competition for the fish stocks off Canada's coasts is shap- ing up for Canadian fisherman as a result of pansion of interna- tional fleets, George R. Clark, dep- uty fisheries minister. said Mon- day-
If Canadian fishermen are to beable to compete for their share of the catch. he told the opening session of the three - day annual meeting of the fisheries research board. it is imperative that they keep up with modern develop- ments in vessels and gear.
Mr. Clark said increased compe- tition is coming not only from an expansion and modernization of fishing fleets already operating off Canada's coasts but also from the "very likely" entry of other na- tionals into these prolific fishing grounds. He did not name what other countries might be involved.
He also offered the fisheries de- partment's thanks to four board members whose term of office ex- pires this year. They are:
Dr. W. A. f” 'v' , I. M. Fraser. Saskatoon: K. F. Harding, Prince Rupert. EC. and J. H. Macxlchan, Halifax-
Attending the meeting for the first time was W. L. Williamson. a new board member from St. An- drews, N.B.
Presley Passes His Army Medical
MEMPHIS. Ten.. AP - Rock 'n' roll idol Elvis Presley passed his army pr-' J tlon unmiss- tion with flying colors.
Capt. Elwyn P. Rowan. com- mander of the army's Memphis recruiting station. said Tuesday he took a look at Presley's mental and physical test scores and do- cided "he's in the 1-A class."
"Physically he's an W-profile. and that's as high as you can go." Rowan said.
Mentally? "can't give you the exact score. but Presley's soon
Provincial Rltfings
In Manitoba To Undergo Change
WINNIPEG (CP)-All but one of tho 47 lliovincial rldllll in Mani- toba will be changed under a re distribution plan announced Wed- nesday by an independent com-
mission. The ”' of Brandon remains unchanged. The commission. headed by
Chief Justice .1. E. Adamson of the Manitoba court ofgappeal, was appointed by tbs lczlslature but does not include any member of the legislature. Redistribution of seats usually is drafted by a com- mittee of the legislature.
The commission must present its report to Premier Campbell by Feb. 1 and approval by the Leg- lslature is expected to be routine.
Proposed changes were re- vealed Wednesday with publica- tion of a preliminary map which will be the basis for public hear- ings on the subject.
A key result of the redistribu- tion will be the strengthening of the representation of the greater Winnipeg metropolitan area by four seats to a total of 20 and the reduction of rural representation by six to 36. There will be 21 ur- ban seats and 36 rural seats.
Four multiple-member riding: in the Winnipeg area will be bro- ken up into single-seat constituen- cles, giving the province 57 single constituencies instead of the pres- ent 47, some of which have four members.
Two new ridlngs will be formed in the rapidly-developing northern part of the province, which now has two seats.
Present House standing is: Lib- eral-Progressive 35: Progressive Conservative 11', CCF 5; Social Credit 1; indepenlent 3; indepen- dent Progressive Conservative 1. and Labor-Progressive 1. Total 57. m......-h..m..mj.
Seek Increased Size For lobsters
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senator Frederick Payne (Rep. Me.) Mon- day announccd ho is introducing -I-':....to'r a ” sine on lobsters which may be shipped in interstate commerce or imported into the United State!-
The bill also will define the word "lobster" for proposes of the Federal Food and Drug Act to as- sist lobstor fish in mectinl "unfair" foreign competition and states in enforcing their own laws relating to lobster fishing.
Payne ssld virtually every lob- ster-produclng state has a mini- mum sise umlt on lobsters taken or possessed within the stats and his proposal would make it illegal to ship in interstate cotnmorcs lob- sters that areillegal under the laws of tbs stats in which they are on or possessed.
If ore is no stats law govern- ing siso. the bill would fix I 1-1! inches along the centre of tho bod! shell a minimum.
Payne's bill would provide that tho word lobster could he used as only on the species Hom-
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