Canada at War: POLITICS: Spring Election?

In the Ontario riding of Grey North, the political temperature rose. Cried CCF Candidate Albert Earl Godfrey: "We should . . . conscript wealth and industry as well as men." Cried Tory Candidate Garfield Case: his opponents were "outsiders," the CCF was fascist, General McNaughton was "incompetent." Cried Liberal Candidate Andrew B. L. McNaughton, National Defense Minister: "The Canadian Army overseas is being adequately reinforced."

As the campaign entered its final week, more & more shouters appeared. National Tory Leader John Bracken, home from a monthlong tour of European battlefronts, was ready to...

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