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Quebecker Coté, onetime political reporter (Montreal's La Patrie and Le Canada), ticked off the men he thought most likely to succeed: 1) Defense Minister Brooke Claxton, 48, who is the "heir presumptive"; 2) Finance Minister Douglas Abbott, 47, "whose affability makes him the most popular of ministers"; 3) Health Minister Paul Martin, 43, "whose . . . eloquence and ambition make him a candidate"; 4) Agriculture Minister James G. Gardiner, 63, "a first-class organizer"; 5) External Affairs Under Secretary Lester ("Mike") Pearson, 49, who "leads all the dark horses by manylengths...
Thomas P. Hazard, Jr., Francis Hendricks, Frederick D. Houghteling, Morton D. Hull, John D. Ingram, John L. Kice, Richard W. Kimball, Daniel H. Le Van, Jr., George L. Seldon, John J. Sexton, John H. Slayton, Don S. Sturgill, Theodore H. Turner, Bayard Wharton, Jr., and Theodore F. Wolff...
Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps (San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Monteux conducting; Victor, 8 sides). Stravinsky's disjointed, noisy ballet music played with assurance, brilliance, clarity and precision by the tubby little maestro who first shocked a Paris audience with it 34 years...
Tribute from Toronto. Silver-haired Dick Irvin, le coach of Les Canadiens for the past six years, is not modest about them. He calls them "the greatest ice hockey team the world has ever seen." From Conn Smythe, rough-&-tumble manager of the rival Toronto Maple Leafs, recently came a less biased tribute: his all-star sextet had five of Les Canadiens on it. Most of their players were homegrown kids who learned the game on Montreal's frozen ponds...
...Canadiens get their punch from the "punch line" composed of Maurice Richard (TIME, Mar. 3), Toe Blake and Elmer Lach (out for the rest of this season with a fractured skull). Ten years ago Blake was a leading tenant of what Montrealers call le pénitencier (penalty box). But last year, a reformed character, he won the Lady Byng Clean Play Trophy...