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Many French-and English-speaking members thought Marquis had a good idea. So did External Affairs Minister Louis St. Laurent. Said he: the King's title is out of date because "it does not make any distinction between the condition of those lands beyond the seas whose people have attained autonomous self-government, and the colonies which are still lands under dominion." He promised to see what could be done, but reminded the House of Commons that for any change the consent of other members of the British Commonwealth of Nations would be needed...
Back home at the Union Station in Ottawa, newsmen, photographers and Government bigwigs, headed by External Affairs Minister Louis Stephen St. Laurent, welcomed Mr. King. A little girl wedged close to him to get her first look at Canada's Prime Minister. Said she: "Gee, he's got a lot of hair in his ears...
What of External Affairs Minister Louis S. St. Laurent, 65? Maybe, said Coté-"if he were ten years younger or if he wanted the job." And what of Justice Minister (and ex-Finance Minister) James L. Ilsley, 53? Coté's answer: "His goose is cooked. ... He was the wartime taxer...
...problem play in the Scribe tradition, Arthur Laurents' "Heartsong" has neither a biting social problem nor a pat formula to rescue it from a morass of meaningless talk and contrived situations. Susan Douglas, as Ivy, the eternal sex force, is Mr. Laurent's champion of illegitimacy. Although she was the only character who seemed to have something relevant to say, Miss Douglas was as uncomfortable in her part as everyone else last night...
...Foreign Policy (Sat. 7 p.m., NBC). Topic: "Canada's Relations with the United States and the United Nations." Speakers: Canadian Cabinet Members L. S. St. Laurent (External Affairs) and Brooke Claxton (National Defense...