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...Noose Hangs High--Abbott and Costello are window-washers. At the Metropolitan. Last...
...Canadians," said Abbott, "are realists. We do not expect to get something for nothing." In that belief, he had given them a completely realistic budget. Though "we have stopped the abrupt decline in our exchange reserves," said he, and "our domestic economy has continued to boom . . . the general policy for this year should be to use our surplus [$670 million] to reduce our debt and thereby to fight inflation . . ." The nation should get set for an economic slump, and be ready for an international emergency. "A substantial surplus will help to keep our powder...
Flat & Toneless. When budget night came, External Affairs Secretary Louis St. Laurent moved into Abbott's seat to let the Finance Minister have the front-row place of honor next to the P.M. The House was only two-thirds full. M.P.s trickled in as Abbott started to read his 14,000-word speech. As he recited the hard facts of the nation's financial life, his voice got flat and toneless. More & more M.P.s left the chamber for a smoke...
Hope Deferred. Canadians, knowing there was a whopping Treasury surplus, had hoped for more, but active resentment was confined to the professional opposition. Most Canadians knew that Abbott's budget, though tough to take, was good for Canada. Few would agree with the Ottawa cynic who cracked: "You have to be blind, over 65 or dead to get anything...
John owes some allegiance to that once terrible fellow, James Abbott McNeill Whistler. He admits that, when he was an art student, Whistler "enslaved" him. Like Whistler, John takes all painting for his province, and paints as he pleases. But the pictures that have brought him fame & fortune are not landscapes and murals but portraits. The gallery of John's sitters is a contemporary gallery of Britain's great ones: from Thomas Hardy to Winston Churchill and Queen Elizabeth. (It also includes some rich Americans and some spectacular unknowns, such as a haughty-looking farmer and a deep...