"The greatly increased consumption of alcoholic beverages is very largely a direct result of the incr..." — William Lyon Mackenzie King

It is what we prevent, rather than what we do that counts most in Government.

On behalf of the federal government, I wish now publicly to appeal to the provinces to lend their co-operation in furthering our country's war effort by effecting at as early a date as may be possible this much needed restriction.

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

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.