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Quebecker Coté, onetime political reporter (Montreal's La Patrie and Le Canada), ticked off the men he thought most likely to succeed: 1) Defense Minister Brooke Claxton, 48, who is the "heir presumptive"; 2) Finance Minister Douglas Abbott, 47, "whose affability makes him the most popular of ministers"; 3) Health Minister Paul Martin, 43, "whose . . . eloquence and ambition make him a candidate"; 4) Agriculture Minister James G. Gardiner, 63, "a first-class organizer"; 5) External Affairs Under Secretary Lester ("Mike") Pearson, 49, who "leads all the dark horses by manylengths...
Canadians got a look last week at the shape of fiscal things to come. In the House of Commons, Finance Minister Douglas Abbott gave the Government's estimated appropriations for the fiscal year beginning April 1. Tax-weary citizens heard with relief that the Government was promising big cuts in spending...
Buried deep in Minister Abbott's 282 fact-laden pages were some interesting disclosures...
...Shulman, fresh out of the clutches of collegiate life at the university of Minnesota, wrote a little book a couple of years ago whose devastating satire still stands in a hilarious class by itself. Last night George Abbott, an old hand at college musicals, and the same Mr. Shulman put their heads together and came up with a stage adaptation that is altogether pretty enjoyable--needing only a bit of judicious pruning here and there to become a first-class production...
Freshman lineup--lw, Abbott, c, Fletcher; rw, Farrington; ld, Key; rd, Allen; g, Chase. Spares: Abbott, Huntington, Ward, Freedman, Loring, Hopkins, Lamb, Howe, Taber, Bradlee, Draper, Mumford