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...election, Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent, 67, the courtly onetime Quebec corporation lawyer, would head the Liberals. As a party leader, he had already given a good account of himself in Parliament, had proved adept in the rough & tumble of political infighting. Moreover, he had won the admiration of his followers. Toward him they felt an almost paternal protectiveness. "We've got to win this one for Uncle Louis," they said...
...party in power, the Liberals had been able to fix the election date to suit themselves. Early last week, back from a 6,000-mile political swing through Western Canada, Louis St. Laurent had called his cabinet into session. "Well, gentlemen," he said, "I think we should have an early election. Does everyone agree?" Everyone did. The cabinet settled on the earliest possible date: June 27. In the House of Commons that night, Louis St. Laurent made his early election call, announced the dissolution of Parliament for week...
Louis St. Laurent took no chances. For the benefit of French-Canadian voters, he praised the pact as a bulwark against Communism. He also alerted his Minister of National Defense, Brooke Claxton, just in case Drew charged hypocrisy in entering an alliance without the power to back...
...Western Hemisphere's statesmen, Canada's Louis St. Laurent was one of the first to speak out for a North Atlantic Treaty. Last week, as the pact was about to be signed in Washington (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS), Prime Minister St. Laurent faced the ever-present problem of the democratic leader: would his own Parliament buy the plan which he had helped sell to others...
...precautions were unnecessary. In a statesmanlike, 6,000-word speech, Opposition Leader Drew backed the pact 100%. Said Drew: "I hope that this House . . . will speak with one clear and ringing voice." After that. Defense Minister Claxton tore up the long rebuttal he had prepared. Beaming, St. Laurent popped out of his seat, strode across the aisle to wring George Drew's hand. Parliament approved the North Atlantic Treaty by a vote...