In the Dominion's Labor Department, Canadian housewives have a reputation as the country's toughest employers. They are always short of domestic help, seldom satisfied with what they have. Their sternness, plus the attraction of jobs in factory and store, long ago began to whittle down the supply of Canadian maids who could turn out tasty meals, dust in the corners and keep a civil tongue.
Eight months ago, officials looked to a new source: Europe's D.P. camps. They decided to bring over 2,000 girls (mostly Czechs, Poles and Estonians) as cooks and maids. Shipping shortages cut the first group to ten, but...
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