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MARCH #18." 1940

Total Votes Members Polled Elected

2,076,394 I76

GAPITUL THEATRE

LIBERALS, including 5 Independent-Liberals

accomplishment is the work of one man

IAN MAGKENZIE

This lu ve- ' was

’ In the y Province on

flsrcli 1, and In the Vancouver News-Herald and Vancouver Sun on

Iisrch 2, over the signature of Hon.

Ian Mackenzie, who wasswltched in

lie recent Cabinet sliakeup from the post of Defense Minister by Prime

Iilnister WJl-M. King to his present

portfolio ni’ Minister of Pensions and

Nations! Health. "Read It and see for yourself.”

.-Radio Address by Co].

Geo. Drew Over CBL,

Toronto, and Nationwide Network Speak- ing From Edmonton, in the Inter- * ests of The National Conservative Party March 6th, 1940

Tonight s am directing my re- marks to you personally, Mr. King, its I told you I would by telegram this afternoon. You have said that. he only real issue in this election ls win-hing the war. On that we will not disagree, but it must be remem- bered that we are fighting a war to preserve democracy and that ll- will do us little good if our young men win a victory fol- democracy overseas while democracy is destroy- ed at home. Freedom of speech has always been recognized as the cor- nerstone of democracy. Without freedom of speech, democracy is a sham.

Recently some of our news- papers carried a photograph of a prominent press replesentatlve broadcasting to the United States from Berlin. Behind him stood a Nazi censor ready to stop the broadcast if anything was said which might offend Nazi ears. The picture was offered as evidence of the extent to which free speech had been destroyed in Germany. The came thing has already happened here. lost week one oi your radio censors deleted ovei one thousand words from a speech I had pre- pared. Then while I spoke, a man sat behind me with s. copy of the censored speech. I was informed that if I departed from the text. spproved by your censor, I would be out off the air. The arrangement ‘s exactly the nine in Nazi Ger- mlhy.

You scoff, Mr. King, at the sug- gestion that you have assumed dictatorial powers and with pious rrectltudo you assure us that the lcuttling of parliament was only done to avoid the btiterness of use- lem debate. You were not the first to discover that questions in par- liament may prove inconvenient to those in power. 1t should be re- membered that there have been dictstorships under the British Flag before. And perhaps you will recall that Cromwell assumed totalitarian power in Great Britain nearly three hundred yeers sgo when he dissolved

liunent in words strangely slin- ilsr to your own. May I quote to you the closing words of a long qleech which ushered In the last dictatorship under the British Flag. This is what Cromwell said:

"I think myself bound. as in my duty to God, and to the people 0f these Nations for their safety and good in every respect-I think it my duly to tell you that it is not for the profit of these nations, nor for common slid public good, for you to continue here any longer. And therefore I do declare unto you

that r do dissolve this Parliament." j

It is to be hoped, Mr. King, that you have no thought of carrying this historic parallel any farther. but evezything you are now doing wclld give reason to believe that you are not averse to the adoption c.‘ methods which would suppress criticism almost as effectively as it was done urrde: Cromwell himself.

Yesterday your melancholy mouthpiece in the Department oi National Defence asked if I had understood the full impiications of my criticism of your conduct. 1 had hoped that the implication was clear enough for any child to un- derstand. I implied, and meant my words to be so unledsfood, that neither you nor Mr. Rogers are telling the truth when you say that we were prepared for war arid that our First Division went to England fully equipped. The clay before yes- tcrday Mr. Rogers told the people of Canada that the rifles, Lewis grills, Vickers guns and artillery weapons, which the First Division took with them from Canada, were suitable for service overseas. Ict us end this nonsense about censor- ship now. Mr. King. If Mr. Rogers call name weapons and use the radio to give a false impression to the public, then I do not intend to refrain from dlscusslni the same subject.

You have told us that we were prepared for the defense of Can- ada when war came. You and your ministers have denied that our weapons were obsolete. Mr. Rogers tolls us that this is a reckless charge. very well, let us examine the facts.

Our field batteries were equipped with eightcen-pounder field guns which were not even the last model used in France during the Great War. Several years ago the British Army adopted the twenty-five- pounder. General Ashton, who was then Chief of the General Staff, prepared a memorandum for the Minister of National Defence on January 30th. i000, after havlnl examined this-new weapon in Ens- land. This ls what he said then; in regard to the very wtllwll "ml which we were equipped when war came last Fall, because please re- member, Mr. King, that no new weapon! have been supplied to our Field Artillery during the time you were in office. This is what he said:

"The Canadian IB-pounder weap- on is now very inferior to all others. When i.lle new gun comes into use Canadian equipment will be Ob»- lefc."

Those were General Ashton‘:

words, not mine. In the some mem- orsridiln, written more than four l

CONSERVATIVES, including

A careful calculation has been made of results of a movement away from the sitting government percentagewise based on the i935 election and with the assumption that the runner-up in each riding in that elec- tron will he the favoured candidate in this one, if there is a change.

It works out this way: Assuming 5% per riding of the Liberal you 1n the 1935 election is lost to the present government and that three- quarters of the reconstruction vote goestothe Maniorl candidate, it would result in C ~85, L- 129, C. C. F. -18, S.C.-1'1, Ind.-l.

If the Liberals lost 10% and all the reconstruction vote goes to

the Conservatives, the answer is C - 112, L - 104, C.C.F.-1l, 5.0, - 1'1,

Ind. - 1.

IF‘ THE LIBERAL-S LOST 15% PER RIDING 'I'H'E REULT IS C-127,

11-87, G.C.F. - 12, S.C.-IB, Ind-l.

Labour

Appul ‘ War Period.

voluntary committee.

Fair and equitable tr dependents.

Ilere ls “Bob” Manion’s

Appointment of s. LABOUR man as Minister of Labour. ‘ of Voluntary Committees Io Plan for the Post.

Appointment of a Minister of Youth Welfare, assisted by u )

Carrying out of most, if not all. of the recommendations of the Purvis-Moore Commission on Unmiploymei-t,

Stamping out of profiteering and exploitation of all kinds.

Total elimination of political p. ‘, favourltlsin In appointmen‘ and in the awarding of war contracts.

I-‘ullest possible use of the services of veterans of the last war.

Policy

of all enlisted men and their

patronage and

years ago. General Ashton made an urgent recommendation which it is of the utmost significance when we consider our sorry plight today. This is what he said:

"It is strongly urged, therefore, that the erection of the gun fac- tory of the proposed new ‘prsenal be proceeded with at the earliest possible date so that in two or three years time we will be in a position to make our ovm field guns to re- piace the obsolete weapons we now possess."

At another place in the same memorandum he said: “There Is no reason why suitable guns should not be manufactured in Canada and Canadian workmen receive the ad- vantages of the expenditures which will be involved.‘

The arsenal to which General Ashton referred was, as you know, the Dominion Arsenal started bv Mr. Bennett in i933. Although some twenty buildings had been completed you stopped work on that arsenal when you came to power, and throughout the year 1936 General Ashton requested over and over again that the Arsnml, planned by General McNaughton under In- structions from Mr. Bennett. should be completed. General Ash- ton urged that immediate steps be taken to provide for the production of artillery weapons. Vlckers ma- chine guns, and Bren guns. You were fully aware of those recom- mendations, Mr. King, and you are fully aware that General McNaugh- fon's plans were worked out to the llst detail for the completion of an arsenal that would produce under government control all the modern weapons needed for our defence forces.

Mr. Rogers’ statement on Mon- day that the Lewis gun is not ob- solete snd that we had adequafo supplies is dangerous nonsense. Let me quolo from a memorandum, signed by General Ashton. and sent Io the Minister of National Defence on August 24th, 1930. This is what he said:

"The Lewis gun, now held in

Mr. Rogers refers to stafcmenis that we had nothing but obsoletc weapons as “wild and fantastic ut- terances." Perhaps you should re- mind Mr. Rogers that four years ago, before Hitler had started his great armamrerlt programme, the Canadian Chief of the General Staff described the very weapons. with which we were equipped when this war came, as obsolete and ar- chaic.

I have no intention, however, of taking Mr. Rogers very seriously. I have a vivid recollection of the only time that I saw him except for a fleeting glance, and that was in your office on October 3rd, last when he sat silently during a long __ . o, r __ . .. with defence, curled up in the cor- ner of a sofa in your room like a very unhappy little boy with ex- tremely cold feet. On that occasion he had the ‘wisdom to permit other mlnisfcrs, who at least knew some- thing about national defence, to discuss questio concerning his department. But I recognize, Mr. King, that he is more lo be pitied than to be blamed. You are per- sonally responsible for that disgrace- ful situation snd you alone must accept rwponsibility.

When you stopped the construc- tion of the Dominion Arsenal at Valcsrtler, against the advice of General Ashton, the Canadian General Staff, end the official re- presentatives of our volunteer de- fence forces, you also ignored the clearly expressed demand of the Canadian people that there’ mould be no profiteering in the weapons of war. The Canadian Government had adopted the policy that the manufacture of the primary wea- pons of war should be confined to

though you had approved of that policy in i933, you abandoned it when you came to power and open- ed negotiations for the manufac- ture of one type of weapon with s

limited numbers, is obsolescent."

group of lnexperlerlced promoters

state-owned establishments. Al-.

Micro is the ‘rurgeon Commis-

bour is -one to be examined close- ly. His early training was pumly academic. Since the beginning of his political career, he h“ gamed 550W unemployment insurance, for QXI-lllble. But actions mean more than words. Canada still has the "l!" System. and men and women young and old, willing and able u; Work. but unable to obtain em. ployment. What has Mr. King done In his last five years? First, he ap- Wlllled I collesc Professor as all. Liberal Minister of Labour, (I; h“ been common knowledge around ("WW8- ol’ course. that Mr. King h" 5°93 KNOW-BIB Mr- Rogers for the leadership of the Liberal Party.)

‘film. s few months later when

men and women than the man Hon.

“B0b" Marlion fought in the last war, was wounded and won the Military Cross for bravery at Vimy. He is a family man, with three sons and he understands s lot better the problems of the industrial workers than Mr. King.

The present head of the Liberal Party is a bachelor, and his world- ly experience has been largely can. fined to the City of Ottawa where he has enjoyed the quiet luxury o! his Kingsmere retreat. During rile last war, Mr. King was in New York investigating industrial rels_ tiorls under the auspices of the Rockefeller Foundation.

scandal flared in the Department of National Defence, Mr. King ap-

mlllled I lawyer as Minister of labour.

labour experts knew best whether a Pmltsw or I lower could better understand the problems of working

Compare the lives and records of the two men!

Mr. King says the country needs s Liberal Party in power st Otta- ws.

"Bob" Manlon says a nation at war needs a National Government.

without even informing the can". al Staff of the House of Commons that the plans for a government arsenal had been abandoned.

1! you had continued work on

pie for the security of Canada, and Yet Y0" "Y You foresaw disaster.

You charged last week that Mr, Bennett had sacrificed nafoinsl

General McNaughton plans and daxence" Y“ Wmlllllllled of the rs- had followed the advice M Gene,“ ductlon he had made. You said:

al Ashton in 1936, Bren guns would have been Produced in claws by i938. Instead of that you warm for two Yea-ls and then entred into that abominable contract, Wm, Joules Emmanuel Hahn, whose par. tlcular industrial experfencg had been the manufacture of radios and Nfflkerators until his company got info financial difficulties and he 8'1"“ lwklllr for other fields w conquer.

When Mr. Howe and other min- lsters, in their ignorance of what has taken place. suggest that 1 de- layed the production of Bren guns by my criticism of the contract. please tell them, Mr. King, that you received s resolution which l had moved before the annual see. let Conference of Defence Associa- tions in November, i036, urging you to take immediate steps to arrange for the production of weapons for 011i‘ ‘ ‘ forces in Csnada. Please tell them also, Mr. King, that 1n. stead of acting upon that Resolu- tion, which was Passed unanimous- ly by the official representatives of all the defence forces in Canada, you personally made arrangements for Hahn to get information from the War Office which was the only basis upon which he was able to make s contract with your Govern- ment. In fairness to your minisfcrs m- K1118- bleese explain those facts to them.

You have blocked our national llefvlwe prover-mom it every mp. N" llllly have you blocked our own PNIJl-mtions, but you delayed the lrllnlne of British pilots by refus. 1118 f-Mlr proposal in 1937 that "l"? b6 Pflmltfcd to move their 511101118 establishments to Canada because of the heavy casualties they W" Marine as the result of the unfavourable weather conditions "Id cramped tralniul areas in the British Isles. That rehisal, m, KIM. wll only consistent with "l-‘fyi-hing you have done.

Since you cslne info power in I085 you were authorized by Par- liament. to spend 0lu0,000.000 for defence. According to your 01m figures in Winnipeg last week you only spent $4,000,000 or exactly one-half the amount which hm been set aside by the electod rep-

"Ill- I11 bmlwhes of defence we will have to first make good the deplor-

able depictions.” Remember m, King that in i935 we were still hop- 1116 for disarmament. As you have told us yourself, it was not untlii the following year that the threat of war had again reared its ugly head and yet in 1935 this is what you said of Mr. Bennett's own ex- penditures: ; “There are drill hails, armour- ies all over the country, built at heavy cost. Why is that. money be- ing spent? It ls to build up a great military force because all dictator- Shlps demand power, and the last word in dlctatorships ls the can- iron and what comes out of the cannon."

You tell us you do not want O say anything bitter about anyone, Mr. K1118. Please compare your statement about Mr. Bennett last week with what you said of his expenditures on national defence in i935.

You have placed great emphasis on the need for experience in choos- ing n. government. fret us accept your argument. Tile government Ca- nada wants is one which will h vigorous and efficient in organis- ing our resources for the great cru- sade in which we are now engaged for the preservation of freedom and democracy. What is greatly need- ed in such s government is know- ledge of war itself. During the last war Dr. Manion served gallantly at the from, and then saw service in a war-time parliament. That ls the sort of experience which is of the utmost value today. You might tell us, Mr. King how your experience in that respect compares with that of Dr. Manion.

Canada alone of all the allied de- mocracies still attempts to fight this war under the strict party sys- tem. The Government which is do- ing the most in the whole world to day T10 prove thatdemocracy can work efficiently, is the National Government of Great Britain. That Is the kind of government we need.

which our survival as a free nation may depend. In such s war nothing

resent-olives of the Canadian peo-

but the best is good enough.

We are negaged In a war upon‘

1|‘; - - alvnreportrevenlins dis fulR..J.M , You have heard thaw $121532! talk on Canada's RicoNg-ravfigtgfskconservatlve 4? working conditions and wig? in elected. ixgzllitiicliogfulvfilzligriiniizll: C. C. F. 386,484 7 Canadas textile mills? said definitely that he will appoint §QC|AL cREmT 187,045 I7 when l. u“ Purvihmoo" cum an outstanding labour man as Min- . V, E COMMUNIST 31,15] 0 mission report on elriplcymezitf m” o! “M” V LIBERAL - PROGRESSIVE 18,215 Z 3°31 investigations were made ‘Ilodey, the nation is st war. The 7r An independent and accurate news reel now showing gives a. hQggIPEmDENT I 1 mgrescitelzmiflzmmg! m??? gianzPwer but E35 l5 fllcllll ‘l . ' ' ‘ 6 18885 l’ 0 a . What will . OTHER PARTIES 15,443 0 ed llle lnvwtlswons. and received labour conditions be i. u.‘ Complete Picture of Canada's Tolcl 4,445,250 245 diagrams: an... vbvlmr country n n. an of arlotllier m: 9 9mm 011$ . - - War Effort FOR LIBERALS, 2,016,394,- AGAINST LIBERALS, zseaass he rm? m. m...» is quite sim- fii‘§..§“..f.‘£i.‘f.;“°§.f.?.§° T“ . Total NIIIIIGS OII VOTES’ USPS, 5,918,207 D19! NUH-IING. pointing lawyers and professors i: Q Evcl’! Canadian should see this picture and realzie that the "e793 will" Vi" haPPen Wm‘ "'9 15% chanfl l9 Nutimld GWE- M“ King" "mm WMNTIWC lfl- lfixfuzfg?“ Labour M’ ‘M000 pm’ i

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