DEFENCE OF CANADA
NOT A WAR MACHINE A POLICY’ OF PREPAREDNESS REPLY TO CRITICISM (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) MONTREAL, May 9 A charge by Mr M. J. Coldwell, a Commonwealth Federation member of the House of Commons, that Canada was linked with “ the British war machine,” drew a declaration from the Department of Defence that the manufacture of munitions in Canada was on a preparedness basis only, and that there was no intention to establish permanent plants. United Kingdom orders for machineguns had been privately secured through private firms.
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Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20495, 11 May 1938, Page 7
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90DEFENCE OF CANADA Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20495, 11 May 1938, Page 7
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