In Toronto last week canny Finance Minister James Lorimer Ilsley did what he has seldom donewent out on a limb. He told Canadians there would be jobs for all after the war in Europe ends.
Minister Ilsley had a good reason for reassuring 1,300,000 workers now employed, directly or indirectly, in war industry. Starting Oct. 23, he must borrow another $1,300,000,000 from Canadians in the Dominion's seventh war loan. Because 60 to 70% of Canadian war production is for the British account, many war workers have been expecting cutbacks. Minister Ilsley did not want them to hoard their cash. He counted...
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