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Fajon, who lines up with, old Andre Marty and young Laurent ("Moscow's Eye") Casanova in opposition to Thorez, told the latter off, politely, at Gentilly. Making the first policy speech of the Central Committee meeting, Fajon said: "There is no such thing as national independence except when efforts toward that end repose on the might of the Soviet Union . . . Maurice Thorez was right when he said, months ago, that our rallying call should be national independence. But we must repeat that one of the major conditions of this independence is ... the cohesion of international Communist parties...
This was the first announced competition to dignified (66) Louis St. Laurent, Minister of External Affairs, who most Canadians had long assumed would be the new Premier. Now they are not sure...
...days in office as head of Canada's government, rose to address the House. He reminded members of his decision to resign as Prime Minister two or three months after the August Liberal Convention has picked his successor. As he spoke, External Affairs Secretary Louis St. Laurent, his heir apparent, and Agriculture Minister James Gardiner, St. Laurent's only admitted rival, sat near by. For them or whoever else would take his place, Mackenzie King had two final thoughts: 1) the Prime Minister's office should have a larger staff; 2) there should be an official Prime...
Flat & Toneless. When budget night came, External Affairs Secretary Louis St. Laurent moved into Abbott's seat to let the Finance Minister have the front-row place of honor next to the P.M. The House was only two-thirds full. M.P.s trickled in as Abbott started to read his 14,000-word speech. As he recited the hard facts of the nation's financial life, his voice got flat and toneless. More & more M.P.s left the chamber for a smoke...
...Laurent had said, without equivocation, that "it is impossible to cooperate with Communism." The country agreed with him wholeheartedly. As one political wiseacre put it: "This is a golden opportunity. For once, Quebec and the rest of Canada have the same enemy...