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When gasoline and rubber are rationed, electric power and transport facilities are becoming increasingly scarce, and manpower shortages are developing, it is difficult for people to understand their increased use for other than the most vital needs of war.

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Every hour of useful work is precious.

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Workers in industry are the partners in war of the fighting forces.

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As to the advantages of temperance in the training of the armed forces and of its benefits to the members of the forces themselves, there can be no doubt in the world.

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Only the man who disciplines himself strictly can stand for long the terrific pace of modern war.

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The anxiety of most parents in seeing their sons and daughters enlist does not lie only in the fear of the physical dangers they may encounter.

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Let it be remembered, too, that at a time of war, nearly every one is under great strain.

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Just when we most need to be clearheaded, in order to face the hard facts before us, there is all too frequently a very real inclination to give way to dangerous tendencies merely as an escape from realities.

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The greatly increased consumption of alcoholic beverages is very largely a direct result of the increased purchasing power created by wartime expenditures.

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If the military might of Germany and Japan are ultimately to be crushed, the United Nations, one and all, must definitely and urgently strive toward a total war effort.

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Biography

Nationality: Canadian

Type: Politician

Born: December 17th, 1874

Died: July 22nd, 1950

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