Word: whitton
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Chunky Charlotte Whitton is one of the best-known social workers in Canada; she is also one of the most determined women in the Dominion. Last spring, when Dr. Whitton criticized Alberta's penny-saving welfare system, Provincial Health Minister W. W. Cross shrugged her off as just "a human talking machine." He would run his department as before. Cracked Dr. Whitton: "Didn't Hitler say his empire would endure 1,000 years...
With Arrogance. Last week, Minister Cross had a reminder never to underestimate the power of Charlotte Whitton. She issued a smashing summary of a four-month survey of the Alberta welfare system (conducted with the help of the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire). A full 200-page report is promised soon, but even the summary gave Albertans plenty to think about...
...Whitton report found fault with almost every phase of the Alberta welfare system ("incredibly centralized and bureaucratic . . . operating of its own volition with arrogance"). But its most scathing criticism was aimed at the Alberta child-adoption system, presided over by Superintendent of Child Welfare Charles B. ("Uncle Charlie") Hill...