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Many a House member agreed. But for Pouliot to say it out loud was a gross breach of Parliamentary rules. Quick to point out the breach was Defense Minister James Layton Ralston, himself a favorite target of Pouliot's interminable tirades. The Deputy Speaker upheld the Minister, ruled that Pouliot must withdraw his words. Pouliot declined. Then he was given the dinner recess to reconsider or be "named" (forced to leave the Chamber...
...Minister Ralston and the House stood firm. Said the Chair: "Does the member withdraw...
...Whether or not one likes the picture depends largely upon his temperament and mood at the time he sees it. To the extreme cynic it would seem unduly emotional. The naive but delicate might enjoy it exceedingly. And it doesn't pack the wallop that "Gunga Din" or "Roy Ralston--Cowboy...
...National Defense Minister James Layton Ralston is a Baptist, a great Canadian, a hog for detail...
...device for calculating foolproof GM is called a Ralston Stability & Trim Indicator (Kenyon Instrument Co.). It is essentially an aluminum tray, engraved with a longitudinal cross section of the ship drawn to scale, which balances on a pair of knife edges. Weights, gauged to actual weight of cargo to be carried, are then placed over each hold on the diagram. The tray is then balanced by means of a sliding block, and the balance point is translated by graph directly into GM. Another pair of knife edges at right angles to the first can then be used to gauge...