Word: hourlong
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Dates: during 1942-1942
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...hourlong, 37-page speech the Prime Minister put on record the Government's demand for the power to enforce overseas conscription-and the Government's pledge not to enforce it unless necessary. The Conservative Opposition, which wants immediate conscription, snorted that the "Government has now looped the loop three times." but sided with Mackenzie King's Liberals. Forty-five Quebec Liberals bolted their Party, voted against the measure. They picked up two Quebec independents, one rebellious Ontario Liberal and six members of the schoolmarmishly socialistic Cooperative Commonwealth Federation...