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...concern." Tension ended when newsmen got more facts. Mr. King had been ordered to stay in bed for a rest for three or four weeks. But he was sitting up for visitors, discussing conference details with members of the Canadian delegation and getting his acting prime minister, Louis St. Laurent, to come over and sit in at Downing Street...
...Laurent was more than willing. Previously there had been a good political reason for staying at home: fear that Quebec's anti-British bloc might misunderstand a trip to London right after his election as Liberal leader. The charge was sure to be made in Quebec that St. Laurent had gone to London to get British orders on how to run Canada. The emergency created by Mr. King's illness would stifle any such talk...
...switch from King to St. Laurent would make no difference in Canada's policy at the council table. Until six weeks ago, St. Laurent was Canada's Secretary of State for External Affairs. He knew just what the Prime Minister had in mind...
...first move toward effective leadership, Drew must get himself elected to Parliament from a safe Ontario constituency. Then the Liberal Prime Minister-to-be, Louis St. Laurent, will face a new and vigorous leader of the loyal opposition. And a newly purposeful Tory machine will be driving with the throttle wide open toward the next election...
...skilled debater, with a ready wit that should serve him well in the rough & tumble of the House, Pearson steps at once into the front ranks of Liberal leadership. In this, he makes a striking parallel with his predecessor: St. Laurent was no politician when he entered the cabinet (as Minister of Justice) in 1941, and now he is moving into the Prime Ministry. Many politicians, citing the parallel, thought that Pearson might well travel the St. Laurent road...