Mr. A. B. Bennett, president of the Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Division, has nailed the lie that Jews are not enlisting in the armed forces of Canada to the extent which their proportion in the population would demand, it was reported here today.
The charge was made in the City Council of Toronto when Alderman Nathan Phillips, a member of the Dominion Council, introduced a motion expressing the sympathy of the citizenry of Toronto with the Jewish victims of Nazism. In the course of the discussion on that motion, Alderman Leslie Saunders commented to the effect that the Jews of Canada are not doing their duty in this war.
Taking issue with Mr. Saunders’ allegation, Mr. Bennet published a letter in the press revealing that there are 4,677 Jews in the Canadian Army, 4,009 in the air force and 206 in the navy. These figures, compiled by the Canadian Jewish Congress, do not include draftees and are considered minimal.
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