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...thousands of French Canadians filed past his body lying in state in the provincial legislature at Quebec city, a disturbing thought ran through many a mind: there was no one to replace him. Louis Alexandre Tascherau was one possible candidate-but he was 73. Quietly competent Joseph Adelard Godbout, Premier of Quebec, was another-but he was inexperienced in national politics...
...Canada's Prime Minister, W. L. Mackenzie King, is a middle-sized man with a care-furrowed brow, a neat round head neatly fringed with grey hair, and a fond expression. Cares and grey hairs come to him from troublesome Premier Mitchell Hepburn of Ontario and scholarly Premier Adelard Godbout of Quebec; his fondness is reserved for Franklin Roosevelt. Last week Mr. King was happy: Messrs. Hepburn & Godbout were for the St. Lawrence Seaway project. Mr. King apprehensively asked whether the U. S. Government was really ready to go ahead...
...nine Provincial Premiers of Canada met with Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King and his Cabinet to confer on the Rowell-Sirois Report. The Premiers of Canada's five poor provinces (Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island) were generally in favor of it. Premier Joseph Adelard Godbout of French-speaking Quebec was not ready to commit himself, but would talk. Three Premiers were flatly opposed: Ontario's florid Mitchell Hepburn, Alberta's vast shiny William ("Bible Bill") Aberhart, British Columbia's round, pink Thomas Dufferin Pattullo...
...referred to the late George V as "a great King and a great gentleman." He added: "It has also been my privilege to know His Majesty King Edward." And then as the supreme evidence of his ability as a statesman, President Roosevelt turned without warning to Premier Joseph Adelard Godbout of Quebec Province and Mayor Grégoire of Quebec City and said: "Monsieur le Premier Ministre de Quebéc, Monsieur le Maire: "Ces aimables paroles que vous venez de m'adresser au nom de votre grande Province et de votre belle ville, et que vous adressez...
Sirs: No "pink-faced graduate of Amherst College" (TIME, June 22), Quebec's new Premier J. Adelard Godbout is a B.Sc. of École d'Agriculture de Ste. Anne in Quebec and a former graduate student (1919-22) at Massachusetts State College. Ours is, according to their historians, the daughter of Amherst College and we, as New Englanders, may well be proud of that, but the two schools are separated by the length of the village of Amherst and a number of other differences...