“PREPAREDNESS BASIS”
MANUFACTURE OF MUNITIONS IN CANADA Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright Montreal, May 9. (Received May 10, at 1.15 p.m.) The charge by Mr M. J. Ooldwell, 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, machine guns had been privately secured through private firms.
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Evening Star, Issue 22953, 10 May 1938, Page 9
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