Word: ralstons
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Canada's reinforcements debate was out in the open at last, First Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King, his dander up, defended his determination to stick to a policy of voluntary overseas military service. Then James Layton Ralston, fired as Defense Minister in last fortnight's crisis over the issue, told why he favored compulsion...
...crisis in the Canadian Government has been simmering for weeks. Last week it boiled over. Out as Defense Minister went bulky, ruddy James Layton Ralston...
Wanted: A Change. To assay these reports, Defense Minister Ralston had toured the battlefronts. Now, at a series of secret, full-dress Cabinet meetings in Ottawa, he demanded a change in government policy. He insisted that the Dominion's 70,000-odd "Zombies" (soldiers drafted for home defense service only) should be sent overseas. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King and a majority of the Cabinet listened for ten days, remained unconvinced. They felt sure that if they decided to change policy now, they would be opening the door to serious internal ruptures, perhaps even to bloody riots such...
...vacant post the Prime Minister appointed popular General Andrew George Latta McNaughton, who less than a year ago was relieved as commander of Canadian Army troops overseas by Minister Ralston himself. What the new Minister intended to do about reinforcing the Army he did not say. Some thought that he might declare Canada out of the Italian campaign, augment western forces with the troops from Italy. But it was sure that he would not use the zombies. In his first public statement after taking office he said: "I am firmly convinced that the best hope lies in the maintenance...
Averted: A General Election. Temporarily, canny Prime Minister King had avoided a serious threat to his Government and the necessity for an immediate general election. But the matter was not yet at an end. For one thing, he had not yet told the people the story behind Minister Ralston's resignation. Pressed by reporters for the facts, he grumped: "Everything speaks for itself." For another thing, he was now vulnerable to accusations that he was playing politics. By hewing to his no-compulsory-combat policy, he had thrown a hoop around Quebec, enhanced his chances of winning the important...