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...Sprawling Collection." London's Economist asked some uneasy questions: "To be quite specific, do the Dominion Governments, now that there are seven of them, get all the secret telegrams that they used to get when there were only four? And if not, is something real being sacrificed for benefits that it would be hard to define?" The Economist concluded: "The old safe world in which the 'loose connection' flourished no longer exists, and unless the Commonwealth revises the standard of conduct and cooperation which it expects from its members it will become merely a sentimental fiction. There...
...they could not deal with the questions raised by the Economist, the delegates did make some progress on other fronts. Most important was the discussion of the relation (some Britons call it a conflict) between the Commonwealth and a Western European Union. Dominion representatives asked Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir Stafford Cripps if Britain's commitments to supply capital goods to Europe under the Marshall Plan would not interfere with the shipment of similar goods to their countries. Cripps said no. The visitors seemed impressed when he pointed out that Britain's capital goods exports to Commonwealth nations...
Ottawa politicos must never forget the No. 1 rule of Dominion politics: whatever you do, don't make Quebec sore. In following this ironclad precept last week, the Federal Government winked at violations of the immigration laws and gave a nod to the violators...
...Georges Benoit Montel, 49, who helped to run the city of Annecy for the Vichy regime and stridently mouthed Vichy's pro-Nazi propaganda. He got into Canada two years ago posing as Dr. Lacroix, quickly got a job at Laval University. When Montel confessed his illegal entry, Dominion authorities (following almost invariable practice) ordered him deported...
...Gamble. Geologists have long known of the vast iron ore riches in the trough straddling the border of Quebec and Labrador. When Dominion Geologist A. P. Low talked about the deposits 50 years ago, Mesabi was just coming into its own, and nobody was interested in the subArctic wilderness. In 1937, when Quebec Geologist Joe Retty came out of Ungava with a more detailed report of high-grade iron ore, Mesabi was still king. But as war demand cut deep into Mesabi, Retty's reports became more interesting. By 1942 Hollinger President Jules Timmins was ready to gamble...