BEER THE FIFTH COLUMNIST.
(iovernment Control of liquor is but a traffic'in the souls of the people and the "Wet Canteen” a destroyer of our youth. Boys who have not hitherto taken liquor are temti>cd on all sides and set to handling the stuff. One young lad gave his mother an anxious heart by writing home that one of his tasks was to serve the officers drinks. Fortunately all officers do not drink. One jiersonally known to myself has expressed himself as decidedly against beer for the boys. To use bis owm words, “We will have an orderly camp. No one in the clink. All happy together, when suddenly along one of those beer trucks as large as a box car, almost, with a treat for the boys, and results are soon evident. There are fights, lots of them. The boys get insulordinate and cheeky. The clink is full and if we had an air raid at the moment or the next day the whole outfit would not be able to defend itself. They are simply useless.” —Canadian K.N. Tidings.
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White Ribbon, Volume 43, Issue 7, 18 August 1942, Page 2
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