Clarence Decatur Howe (1886-1960)

The War Economy and Controls: C.D. Howe

Clarence Decatur Howe (1886-1960) was the czar of Canada's economy, a dynamic entrepreneur who ran the government's war production programme as head of the Department of Munitions and Supply. Assisted by a team of businesspersons, he led the Canadian industry's effort to manufacture vast amounts of supplies of every kind - ships, aircraft, motor vehicles, weapons, ammunition, radar and radio equipment - for the Canadian armed forces and for Britain and the Allies as well. His department created Crown corporations, uniquely Canadian public businesses, to produce items, such as synthetic rubber, where no industry had previously existed. In October 1944, he added the responsibility of Minister of Reconstruction to oversee the transition to a peacetime free-enterprise economy, aiming to avoid widespread unemployment and inflation. He soon became known as the 'minister of everything.'

Related Newspaper Articles

English Articles

• Howe Has Authority to Run Every Factory Throughout Dominion
  The Toronto Daily Star, 10/04/1940
   
• New Model Ended As War Production Close to Capacity
  The Globe And Mail, 21/11/1940
   
• Man of Direct Action Howe Gets Things Done
  The Toronto Daily Star, 05/05/1941
   
• Demand For Non-Essential Articles to Be Tremendous
  The Hamilton Spectator, 30/11/1942
   
• Goal is to Make Citizens Happiest People on Earth
  The Hamilton Spectator, 13/12/1943
   

French Articles

• M. Howe annonce pour 30$ millions de commandes de guerre
  Le Devoir, 24/01/1940
   
• "Achats pour la marine et l'aviation canadienne au coût de plus de $30,000,000"
  Le Devoir, 24/01/1940
   
• L'industrie de l'automobile et la guerre
  Le Devoir, 06/06/1940
   
• La production de matériel de guerre
  Le Devoir, 12/06/1940
   
• La mobilisation du commerce et de l'industrie au Canada
  Le Devoir, 12/06/1940
   
• Les usines Ford au Canada
  Le Devoir, 27/06/1940
   
• Plusieurs grandes usines nouvelles
  Le Devoir, 31/08/1940
   
• Une nouvelle usine en Ontario
  Le Devoir, 15/10/1940
   
• Le torpillage du 'wester Price' à bord duquel se trouvaient MM. Howe et Gordon Scott
  Le Devoir, 16/12/1940
   
• M. Howe a perdu ses dossiers
  Le Devoir, 19/12/1940
   
• La guerre : Pour les approvisionnements
  Le Devoir, 15/01/1941
   
• À Ottawa. M. Howe défend son ministère et attaque le "Financial Post"
  Le Devoir, 27/02/1941
   
• À Ottawa. M. Howe ne sait pas qu'il y a des industrie canadiennes-française
  Le Devoir, 28/03/1941
   
• À Ottawa. Restriction au bâtiment. Déclaration de M. Howe
  Le Devoir, 19/05/1941
   
• Important discours de M. C.-D. Howe devant les manifacturiers
  Le Devoir, 11/06/1941
   
• Les déclarations de M. Howe
  Le Devoir, 30/07/1941
   
• Les déclarations de M. Howe
  Le Devoir, 06/09/1941
   
• Le ministère des munitions et de l'approvisionnement
  Le Devoir, 17/09/1941
   
• M. Howe et l'effort de guerre
  Le Devoir, 01/08/1944
   
• Le matériel de guerre ne sera pas abandonné
  Le Devoir, 17/05/1945