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...little over a month Canadian voters will have to decide whether to retain Conservative John Diefenbaker as Prime Minister or to replace him with Liberal Lester Pearson. Diefenbaker fought his last election on a platform objecting to what he considered excessive United States influence in Canadian affairs, and particularly to the high volume of American investment in Canadian industry. His original platform did not denounce continued co-operation with the United States in matters of defense. But the bullying tone of a recent United States diplomatic note, which insisted that Canada accept nuclear warheads for its Bomarc missiles, has joined...
...Canada and the party. Stung to tears, Diefenbaker refused, and set out to rally his strength. Loyal supporters whipped up the prairie-province backbench M.P.s, and there were cheers as Diefenbaker entered the House of Commons to answer no-confidence motions brought by the opposition Liberals of Lester B. Pearson and the funny-money Social Crediters. In a fighting speech, Diefenbaker lashed the Liberals and tried to get the Social Crediters to change their mind by offering to meet their conditions. But it was no use. In the final tally, 44 out of 46 minor party M.P.s joined with...
...torn asunder; his government had not been able to pass a single major piece of legislation in eight months in office; some of his most powerful Cabinet members would, in effect, be campaigning against him. It was hard to see how his party could conduct a coherent campaign. Lester Pearson kicked off the Liberal campaign by announcing, "The people will now have a chance to replace this government with one which I feel confident will do a better job." As of last week, Pearson's chances were looking...
...dirge. First there was Financier Leopold Silberstein, who began building the company in 1951 with grandiose plans for its future. Then there was Corporate Raider Alfons Landa, who after a proxy battle forced out Silberstein in 1958. Landa brought with him a former publicity man and legman for Drew Pearson named David Karr, who deftly worked his way into the president's chair when Landa vacated it in 1959. Karr then moved himself up to chairman and brought in George A. Strichman from International Telephone & Telegraph Corp. to be president. Last week it was Karr's turn...
Thomas H. Weller, Richard Pearson Strong Professor of Tropical Public Health, and Franklin A. Neva, associate professor of Tropical Public Health, were awarded the grant by the United Cerebral Palsy Research and Educational Foundation...