A TRIPLE PURPOSE

Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 218, 10 June 1943, Page 3

A TRIPLE PURPOSE

Contributions To War Loan

“In this war our opportunities for helping by contributing munitions and other supplies to the Allied cause have been much greater than was the case iu tiie last war,” said the Minister of .Munitions and Supply, Mr. Sullivan, in an address on the Third Liberty Loan last night. “In contributing generously to the War Loan we serve a double, a treble, purpose. We provide the money that procures food, clothing and ughting equipment and munitions for vbe gallant soldiers who are defending our Allied cause, our country and our freedom with their, lives. We are, by local production, saving shipping space; a vital thing in the jvorld today; and we are closing up the dangerous inflationary gap on the home front through which we could be destroyed as effectively as by enemy bombs. “Every sacrifice we can possibly make to facilitate the dispatch of munitions end equipment and foodstuffs from the Dominion to the fighting men eases the burden of the other Allied Nations in keeping the fighting forces fully supplied.. Never was this more important than at this moment when a vital phase of the titanic struggle lies just ahead. "As in previous years of the war we will be supplying this year to our Armed Services a huge amount of stores and equipment and munitions, all. of which are produced in factories which if not so engaged would be producing goods for civilian use. Furthermore this year we will be supplying huge quantities of foodstuffs under reverse lend-Leas.e. “This big programme of furnishing supplies from our factories and our farms and our ship-yards 'to the Armed Forces involves a huge expenditure in money and a substantial diminution in goods available for civilian consumption. Herein lies the challenge for each one of us to reduce our consumption of goods to necessary essentials only and divert our purchasing power to the War Loan, thereby reducing the pressure on the demand for our available production and supplies. . “By subscribing to the War Loan we are making a temporary sacrifice, but when victory is won there will be ample opportunity for us to regain and develop anew that high standard of living which Ims been a feature of life in this Dominion.

"I would like manufacturers throughout. the Dominion to make special efforts to bring the importance of the loan to all those employed by them, I would also appeal to every factory worker io discuss with his employer or management ways and means of encouraging contributions to the War Loan so that, all may help to the maximum possible extent.”