r McNaughton Statements L‘ scussed By Members

In House

of Commons

Examination of statements made in the House of Commons by

pliow many men you get from gen-

eral service, no matter how many

General A. G. l... McNaughton, , men you get from the young nieu Minister oi’ National Defense, oniwho are coming of age, tbs eight-

die subject of overseas reinforce-lb u m mo” t m“ a years. are c , rs

lllEl'S‘ from the Hansard official

t. Nov. 23. continued from, ‘seas’ whether they volunteer or no

iidays Guardian.

Mr. white: I am asking you (General McNaughton) if on Oc- tober Lil in your interview with lilt‘ Priiiie Alinistei‘ you had knowledge of zhe required month-

lv icinlo ciiic-iits necessary to 1Z0]

(]\'i_‘l'ol_‘.iS, p is this additional l6,-

eon years and eighteen Ind one- men in the N. R. M. A. to lo over-

Mr. McNaughton: The answer

. ves

Mr. Hanson (York-Sunburn: That is what you said in our statement this afternoon. but mm your answers to the former Min- ister oi National Defence here

out) that now have to go in Dec- tonight there is an inconsistency ember. Jami‘ , and the ioilou-lnglthere, and I put myself on the three month ' I think that re- Judgment of this House.

quires only a yes or no answer. The answer

ent general ln-»

Mr. Sleight: You are wrong. Mr. anson (York-Sunhury): Well. I may be wrong. I have nev-

myself in theter been so sure of myself as some

. . opinion ~ )l‘£‘ "ed I assume is contain- lctter which I mezi-

.l Will you

it tell the House what in-i

. _ .‘i'l'L'CL‘l\‘€d since 0c- ‘. iilitii you gave this ad- Pi-inie Minister, that

\uill' iiiiiid so that you

Minis-

action

ordcr in |

'lic P me Minister tn| l. Ra ‘

other people are. I am not quite so sure of myself as the hon. mem- ber for Parry Sound (Mr. Si ht) seems to be of hin-iseli. But ere is great contusion in the minds of the membership of this House.

Mr. slaght: Being out of order. the hon. gentleman must be en- titled to have somebody tell him that he is wrong. When he makes a misstatement of fact-inadvert- ently. perhaps-it is none the less a misstatement.

Mr. Fraser (Peterborough West):

just been passeM-Wlio are you to Judge? - n

iii. I think . \. iirh I was

.. to g .0 the House to .1 I ..c my lCJSOllS in extenso.

Mr. King Intervene;

Vilill the minister I elly?

bri g: Does 'iiy ize that the min-

up until five this Hill!!!"

. (York-Sunbiiryl : Thanks for the lecture. ‘that is all

i: have to say. it is quite clear tnit ,the 16.000 well-trained troops are

to be sent overseas irrespective of who else may be sent or wast other commitments there are? That is what I want to be assured

of.

Mr. McNaughton: In round numbers.

Mr. Hanson (York-Sunbury):

n: i115 Statement 1n 0rd‘ l Well, in round numbers. I am not

it to the House todwv.'

going to quibble over one or two.

hi. been on his feet lnlThank you very much

..i lit-re during the entire lli ll iiiid evening, and that

nu "*c List couple oi’ weeks he,

Mid one of the most difficult

e of the- li ve been under very great‘

carrying very great

d I am debating

iind at the moment wheth- iiaving had to sit here to-

.i go through all that I liad to give attention to to- dai. I shall not ask the House to iilioiv me to wait until Monday be- I I address it. With the re-

y I have at the present.

have the right take p. I do not intend to sis- ihc iiii-thcr responsibility I in. addressing the house.

.\ l tllll tired out: nor. I thinkuseo no

nv iii.iii ivho has

ll the as: month in seeking , this country ' unit. ll lion. gentlemen speak o! not tiny confidence c they will consider Ky ii-liat alternative govern- l ey have to put in if I rs- s post within the next two

llmiiuth: Just try it.

iYork-Sunburyi : _ hon. gentleman

lrickcnzie King: No, I do

tYork-Sunbury): I

never made a

mistake in his life. There ziiiy man among us who is ‘ndlspeiisiible; and I verit-

- r hat the Canadian peo-

‘ iii a temper that-

. I\(‘llZiC ivancouver Ccn- iiiii said the same thing the New Brunswick elec-

Hii on (York-Sunbury mind about the New Bruns- let-lion.

’enzie (Vancouver Cen- A ti Sllili there would not be ill"li elected in New Brims- iillii they swept the province.

"OI Ilia Own Mmldng”

i. Ilinson lYork-Suribllry); the hon. member for Von- t‘ rc he good enough to i I resent being lectur- g trio Prime Minister as an our duty is in the circum- I admit very frankly tnat gone through a very try- in, but 1 tell him that it is i own making and if he had d the command of the peo- ui Canada as evidenced by the on the plebiscite this thing have been over long ago. ickcnzle King: Mr. Speak-

HJHSOII (York-Sunbury):

ihe floor. I have not been _. up much of the time of this n since we reconvened

Mr. McNaughton: May I just express my deep appreciation to the hon. member for York-Sunbury for his kind words

r. c. A. Operating Atlantic Route

coupon. Dec. z: _ (op o s) —Trans-Ca.nads Air Lines du-gnl 1944 has flown lid round ‘trips a- cross the North Atlantic and now is operating three round tripe week-

the current issue of the

\ Y. 88W ifllléiklgffl-DBJUVG magazine. Aeroplane.

e listed the follow- ing statistics for the Montreal- Prestwick service on which conver- ted Lancaster bombers are used:

Miles flown. 805.484: mail es:- ried. 1.029.153 pounds: freight. i70- unds: passengers. 161. Conversion of the Lancaster: w a Canadian experiment. the Aero- plane said. adding it was so -

cessfisl that a considerable

seas Airways Corporation.

Goehlcls llas Shares In Suez (lanai 0o.

PARIS. Dec. 22 — (AP) —Nazi Propaganda Minister Goebbels has been holdlruz 100 shares of liscrs-cive Suez Canal stock. a French Gov- ernment decree disclosed

shares’ owner- ship. it was believed.

The ownership of the Suez Canal has long been a financial nlvsterv. Flor a half century the securities have been a gilt-edge investment. so remunerative that speculation in them was world-wide.

A report was current during the German occupation of France that the Germans. bv manipulating the securities of France. had warn a aloieking majority of the shares ex n .

10 Most Glamorous Women In World

(By The Associated Prose)

NEW YORK, Dec. fl-Mme. Ohiang Kai Shek, Mrs. Winston Churchill and Re resentativeClare Booth Luce as we) as sereemradlo and stage stars were among the “l0 most glamorous women 0f 1944” selected today by the Artists’ and sculptors’ Institute. an infor- mal group.

iii. to tcil my right hon. friend, other selection, "He; T1

that there is a greit . ui public opinion in l s (Jiillllily that will be vcry glad to t speiisc with him and with his goveriament. I tell him very lrnnklv that as far as I am person- liii’ concerned I have no ambitions il, but what I would like to h.iie in this country is a govern- iiicnt WiliCil would be representa- tive nr all the patriotic elements in the cbuntiy, that would wage ii war. once and for nil, and ii iicvc victory, irrespective of party concerns. I quite agree that Ge al McNaughton has been sub ct to ri very severe time. es- pecially, as has been stated by the Prime hllnister, in that he ls not a man who has been through such a siege or a condition as we have had today. As far as I am conrcrnrti. General McNaughton knows that in the days gone by I have hari nothing but the friend- liest. lcitliiizzs inward ililll. and I illlVC itvnlrzlii. l rr-rtalniyt ililiik lie ha put liiniiaclf in an impo. hlc pt litiii hr-lri-e ihi: Canadian unb- lic; but that is his rcsponsib llllli lie is man enough, I lo assume 1'.

ch we could agree .0

Zombies To Go

Br-lrvi-c I conclude may l‘ say. tiriihuiit \ siting lo tvorry General Lll-hfiiilrth ' . l know he must hr ur ry, that there is one point which is still not clear to me, and that is this. No matter

soprano Lily Pons; Mrs. Kinny Hopkins. wile of the Presidential adviser; Queen Eiissbeth of Great Britain; Mrs. Glldntr Oowlss Jr. wife of the news Der and ms s.- zine publisher; Vvian Dells O e-

sa, radio and concert soprano; Aiinl

Miller, screen and sts e dancer. and Mrs. Eduardo V Senor.

wife of the president of the Ben '. defame

of Mexico.

tors who made the aelectidnl.

all the women passed a "tut of fifiuli The enemy tiiahei. u» Kweivena

glamour based on beauty, just something-o point-Ohio q ."

Clothes. he added, were hot con- sldered.

Japs Expecting Allied Landing 0n cum Beast‘!

KUNMZINO. OHINA. Dee. M — iAPi-Japanesc withdrawal Ifllhfllt

omnlete with Dreoaramlo sible Allied l cogst

chance of knocking out Allied sup-

i' t amnme port to China which is destined to withdrawal are understood fullmac- iii‘ lltfedfwtrgiiirrsnh m gm “.35 “s? lni 1 licitcd

e - . w on ons so seems concerned with emolidaflnl recent trio to the China

THE CHARLOTT TOWN GUARMA

//0/'c rz/xz/Z/w/fl/jja. a

it ‘ ct-HiEi/“RFOLET s-i-tlfitiiiieigit, ~ 9insiii0iiliEiill-1.

least of these. it was unaiiiriiouislv d. was Chinese retistunce

in depth between the _ n the first place. the Jabad

out and south China coastlines and Mane-Kata. spokesman for the a. line of communications f group of seven painters and ma.“ be ic

Asks Industries Fer South Africa

The collapse ofchineso resist- Kwanasi. however. was an l‘

(By The Canadian Press) JOHANNESBURG, Dec. 22—Di'. . . Van Bck, chairman of the South African Industrial Develop- ment Corporation. suggests that British manufacturers sellinggoods in the Union should t l. trlb te to

South Africa by manufacturing a d n of their trade here.

This would help to achieve that Ireater productivity which suit in the purchase from overseas o! more goods probably requiring s. greater dc rec of skill to pro- d in an address to the British Manufacturers Repre-

ne time have driven u- i- - w Capital. but rather t m “m” lrn cdiaw Miwbica attained- bv takin the Tuh

f the Kwerinsi rail-

.’ m

with fairlv new rails uhen from

that branch line northwea of chow they now are‘ believed to have

in the Kweivang

e of a poteri threat than hi The Japan-am nev- er closed wl them. or vice verse.

b-"liiis War-Foul Years Age

By The Canadian Press

ti ee China‘! nounccd loss he other. would have paid Brl is

h either bought the relatively inedi- cierit plant at s high cost or set Naval service in Poland. and who up an efliolent plant in competi- was In botfh cases valuable nat- an interesting lee um on "A typical ural iuoui-ces were wasted." Christmas in Poland“. Her talk n . it was some- that the Japanese. M vlrtuallv no resistance. did es the not shove further t th did. Even

than ev fo melsti - sessi f ncsron themcgiune one ‘l’? o

- high i nstead of riskinl a drive dem-fand mm e. iiito the Chinese interior nd woffnfar th

would be happy to develop with greater freedom

pos-

Kweivsnd. which “ll\N\ the two mcot important of destroyer Aches-on. m will be essential to have some in- ‘ atlonal arrangements whereby no country will be allowed to port its products at s price lower

sumption price." Dr. Van Eek said

ion.

tiah ian arrived in Inn ——-——-—-—-———- Keep Mlnardh In t Ilene.

front. The thei- slowed up Albanian

DECEMBER 2a, 1944 ‘*1

ANADNS pioneers, despite varying origins and back- grounds, hud one thing in common ——-Enierprise —-— the

. greatest force for progress ever known.

Enterprise which discovered and explored Canada,

developed and utilized her resources, built her cities and

populated her domain.

Enterprise which enabled General Motors to become, in peace, producer of over o million civilian cars and lrucka——in wcir, d mighty arsenal iorging front-line weapons for a lighting people.

To meet the challenge oi tomorrow, the enterprise arid initiative of General Motors will create better, safer transportation, link communities more closely together, provide foster, easier distri- bution oi goods, iiius helping ensure this nation arid her people oi a rich and splendid iuture worthy oi a rich and splendid heritage.

GM-HIA

.1 fADliiIlli-C o-liitiitvioiii & out iitulcits

-— o Africa was one of the

I world's least self-sufliciciit csiui- not at lixtgggntfrgiltxpoigtolgcoijesmilzgaflg

t ih hi to bu, ll‘.‘.“”.t‘§.°.‘lll§.' stanza... a: l" "ilvfllml 9f means of paying for overseas goods

"talents... t... a you Aid To Russia

lsli mnnuincturers to help us. Too

often in the past large overseas _____.

concerns have been slow in start-

ing to manufacture here. ‘me Maritime Women's Club of "Consequently others without Montreal. Inc. held a most inter-

knowledge. skill. or experience catln meeting on Monday even-

establislied industries in his. c. l8. in Tudor Hall with

ronzpetition with the overseas pro- Mrs. D- L- Gsss. President, in thIe

chair. l q

overseas manufacturerthen Mldflme M. R. Frankowtekn (whose husband was head of the

killed durin this war) gave

was illustrated with Polish Christ-

‘ mls carols.

"OM58 l-‘Olt EPILIPTIOS Commander Earl. R.O.N.V.fl..

11.0.1.0. presented the winno

(B! The Canadian Press) with their rizes in the Club's r - JOI-IANNESBURG- A national cent canton’: g m; money for drive to-raisa £20900 ($90,000) to the wai- Chest r--» 1 a service build 22 cottages in Johannesburg activities of the Club. for married "ileptics has been The winners . launched to celebrate the tenth M: C. D. ‘Filer, \l~ Selby I! birthélay of the RaniLnplleptlc As- ard. Prime, Jdhn Osrson arid

J. M . Prizes were also awarded to the.‘ pertinent o “Wm. exiporis.

i . winners of the TBiBPiWYlQ BM“

1i rid!‘

as follows: Mrs. H. B155“ t

w. n. OuterbridEB- M“ Gnmii...’ llrg, 1i Is‘. MacKay. Mrs. H- - ~ elton, Mrs. E. l". Peltoitudqn “m”

m

'10 supply gifts. etc. for the

time soldiers Xfltislilvl)’ 13'1"" .. e. .n~ iii i-a» - real and ‘vicinity. Gills viaaialsah, for Christmas were MSOUW cum in by each mflmbfire Ogle-w Year's to be included in m] be distrnmu‘