Word: lyon
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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First, he had a three-day visit from Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King, rumored to be the President's choice for chairman of the conference. What the President and the Prime Minister discussed was not disclosed in detail, but it was certain that the conference got more discussion than Neighbor King's home political affairs, about which Franklin Roosevelt had a few kind words to say (see CANADA...
...visit from Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King, gave him a full fill-in on Yalta (see CANADA...
...westering sun, shining through old-fashioned green window shades, filled the office on the second floor of Ottawa's East Block with tawny light. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King sat at his desk, smiling. The 30 newsmen who were ushered in at 20 minutes to 4 were expectant, for Mr. King's press conferences are few & far between. The newsmen were not disappointed...
Precisely at 9 p.m., the Dominion-wide network of the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. tied into station CBO, in Ottawa's Chateau Laurier. There, in ail armchair at a desk, sat Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King, facing two microphones. He was stripped for action-coat and vest unbuttoned, tie and detachable collar removed (later he spruced up for photographers). For 24 minutes he read from a 4,000-word manuscript, now & then gesturing with his right fast. At countless radios, the people listened...
...country and the war. Most appropriation bills are debated fiercely. Even if Parliament should be called to pass them, would there be time? If Parliament did not meet at all, the Government could, in a pinch, have the Governor General issue warrants for expenditures. But would Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King deem that method undemocratic, politically dangerous, expedient, wise...