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...convention time, only a few of Drew's Bay Street backers were around his headquarters in the Chateau Laurier, and fewer still were at the Coliseum. The tall, well-tailored figure of Edward William Bickle, an investment broker and Drew's best friend, caught a bit of the limelight. Notably out of the limelight was another Drew crony and constant adviser, George McCullagh. One of the most powerful Canadian publishers (the Toronto Globe & Mail), McCullagh stayed away from Ottawa lest he scare off Drew supporters who still leaned a bit toward John Bracken's "ordinary man" position...
...with his grandchildren. For three days last week he followed his usual routine in the external affairs office. Even when the convention got underway he spent most of his time seated dutifully on the platform. Occasionally and a little self-consciously, he drifted through the ornate lobby of the Chateau Laurier-the closest Ottawa came to a smoke-filled room-chatting with friends and newsmen. He had no need for a campaign headquarters; Prime Minister King overshadowed the campaign as well as the convention...
Chipper Minister of Agriculture Jimmy Gardiner was the only one who stayed in the fight to the end. All through the convention his 50 henchmen worked to collar support for him, kept telling themselves that "anything could happen." From his Chateau Laurier suite Jimmy Gardiner extended western hospitality to all comers, nipped down to the lobby at strategic moments. He threw a cocktail party for the press, a luncheon for western delegates. Gardiner got 323 votes. Said he sadly: "This isn't like an ordinary election campaign where you can take your opponent apart...
Left, by Steelionaire Charles M. Schwab, in the cornerstone of his Manhattan chateau (which a wrecking crew is now leveling): a handful of coins. Folklore had secreted a fortune in the cornerstone...
...Duke & Duchess of Windsor finally had a U.S. summer home all to themselves-a French provincial-chateau-style affair in Locust Valley, L.I., right next to a golf course. They sublet it for two months. Up from the South, they moved in, then packed their bags for a week in Washington and a houseparty with Railroader Robert R. Young at White Sulphur Springs, W.Va...