For the Defense

A Canadian soldier came to the defense of the Canadian civilian last week. On leave from Canada's ist Division, Captain Alan Chambers took his seat in the House of Commons. There, a few days before, a fellow officer, R.C.A.F. Group Captain Denton Massey, had berated Canadians for their complacency (TIME, May 8). Up rose Captain Chambers to reply:

"It is not unusual to find men returning from overseas who become a little bitter on the subject of the attitude of civilians at home. That is understandable. ... I want to pay a tribute to the working men & women . . . for the way they have unceasingly and uncomplainingly carried on ... to management for the results that they have produced ... to the citizens of Canada for the way they have responded to war loans, Red Cross drives and the many other demands made upon their loyalties and emotions. . . . [Many] have given vast sums of money to back up in a mute way . . . the war effort. ... I am glad that as a soldier I can come home and find my fellow citizens doing a first-class job on their front. It will be something to tell my comrades overseas. . . ."

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