- Dollar-a-year man redirects here. For the 1921 film starring Fatty Arbuckle, see The Dollar-a-Year Man. Roscoe Conkling "Fatty" Arbuckle ( March 24 1887 &ndash June 29 1933) was an American Silent film Comedian The Dollar-a-Year Man is a 1921 Comedy film starring Fatty Arbuckle.
The "Dollar-a-year men" were business executives who helped the government to drive the US national economy during periods of war, specially in the 1st World War. US law forbids the government from accepting free services from anyone; accordingly, capable men who are effectively volunteering their services have nevertheless to be paid some salary however nominal. Typically these individuals are paid one dollar a year for their work.
World War II
Canada
In Canada during World War II, C.D. Howe, Canada's "Minister of Everything", created a rearmament program using "dollar-a-year men". Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Clarence Decatur "C D" Howe PC ( 15 January 1886 – 31 December 1960) was a leading Canadian politician [1] An example was John Wilson McConnell, the owner and publisher of the Montreal Star, who was appointed Director of Licences for the Wartime Trade Board, a position for which he served for free. John Wilson McConnell ( July 1, 1877 - November 6, 1963) was an Anglo-Quebecer businessman newspaper publisher humanitarian and The Montreal Star was an English-language Canadian newspaper published in Montreal, Quebec. [2]
References
- ^ Art Bailey. Clarence Decatur Howe. Canada's Digital Collections.
- ^ Mel James. John Wilson McConnell. Canada's Digital Collections.
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