Word: ralstons
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...World War I, Colonel James Layton Ralston, then a battalion commander in the trenches, demanded that Canadians at home be conscripted to fight overseas. Last week in Parliament, Colonel Ralston, now Canada's National Defense Minister, told Canadians no conscript would fight overseas-so long as Canada had enough volunteers...
Many a House member agreed. But for Pouliot to say it out loud was a gross breach of Parliamentary rules. Quick to point out the breach was Defense Minister James Layton Ralston, himself a favorite target of Pouliot's interminable tirades. The Deputy Speaker upheld the Minister, ruled that Pouliot must withdraw his words. Pouliot declined. Then he was given the dinner recess to reconsider or be "named" (forced to leave the Chamber...
...Minister Ralston and the House stood firm. Said the Chair: "Does the member withdraw...
...Whether or not one likes the picture depends largely upon his temperament and mood at the time he sees it. To the extreme cynic it would seem unduly emotional. The naive but delicate might enjoy it exceedingly. And it doesn't pack the wallop that "Gunga Din" or "Roy Ralston--Cowboy...
...National Defense Minister James Layton Ralston is a Baptist, a great Canadian, a hog for detail...