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mm oe an ows i <onmers 6 THE OSHAWA TIMES, Friday, Besember 15, 1967 Chance Ottawa Visit Turning Point For PM | He was sworn in as prime OTTAWA (CP) -- Lester|got word of his Nobel award,|minister April 22, 1963, the cli- Rowles Pearson probably would! Louis St. Laurent resigned as|max of a long road that began have spent his life as a history | Liberal Jeader and a party con-|in a humble Metaodist manse in |vention overwhelmingly elected Toronto where he was to Ottawa in 1928 on a routine/him over Paul Martin as the April 23, 1897, second of three of Rev. Pearson. One of the Liberal campaign young men of promise for ve bemala diplomat turned out to| slogans had been a promise of | By BEN WARD | Then in quick succession he professor but for a chance visit research job inew leader. sons A chat with the late Dr, 0. D Unfortunately, things had Skelton, who was searching out)happened too quickly and the! diplomatic corps, persuaded him to take a civil service ex-| ceptional marks and at the age of 31 was launched on his true) posed--in all career. that be a political babe-in-the-woods.|"60 days of decision" Four days after stepping in as; Pearson government, It turned amination. He passed with ex-| Opposition leader, Mr. Pearson) out to be an unhappy choice. rose in the Commons and pro-,_ The night he took office, Mr. Edwin Arthur by alt It led to international renown) inability to run the country and|cite the daring, to test the} as a global troubleshooter, ajturn the reins of government strong and to give new promise history at University of Toronto 'and later assistant professor. Nobel Prize and a tumultuous! back to the Liberals. five years as the 14th prime s minister of Canada. HUMBLED BY DIEF Mr. Pearson announced to the timid." And then things started to go! wrong. A budget turned out to|speth Moody of Winnipeg. Son} 0 : Pi tee age svnnoreory er aie be overly ambitious and key|Geoffrey born 1927, daughter; Thursday he is resigning as Lib- Ster, delivered a Dijstering| parts had to be withdrawn. The|Patricia 1929. eral party leader and prime|TePly that left the new Liberal] first version of the Canada Pen- minister, to take effect as soon|Chief in the depths of humili-| sion Plan was introduced and|department at Ottawa as first i : |had to be rewritten to meet| But there was worse to come. | provincial protests. } as the party elects a successor. | ation The leadership convention is expected in April, the month in|A snap election on March 31,\" yr which he is due to mark his|1958, saw the Conservatives roll| .ompromise, fifth anniversary in office and] up the ia ae, Very | diplomatic his 71st birthday. The birthday|'" Canadian history. The Liber-| howed itself time after time as royal commission on price als were shattered, winning Only | jegislative ideas ran into trouble|s pre ads and mass a and were gently steered to ap-|awarded OBE fs April 23 149 of the 265 Commons seats, HAD COLORFUL CAREER | their worst showing ever. The prime minister's depar-| Ignoring the pleas of friends, P ture from public life will close Mr. out one of the most eventful Canadian careers roval. Pearson at 60 began the ness It has been) party, For four years h triumphs _ {the Liberal machine, hunting There distinct out. attractive candidates and chapters preaching a new Liberal pro- First, a quiet and scholarly) gram. climb to an assistant professor-| In the 1962 election the Con- ship in history at the University |servatives were reduced to a of Toronto, minority position in the Com- Next, 30 years as a diplomat|mons and in 1963 they were de- which reached a pinnacle in the] feated on a confidence vote. The | B award of the 1957 Nobel Peace ensuing election saw the Pear- Prize for his initiative in forma-|son Liberals score a minority | tion of the first United Nations! yictory. were' three peacekeeping force after the Suez blowup. j Finally, a plunge into the ae j m ined this J hurly-burly of domestic politics. | The third stage might never have occurred if the Soviet goy-| ernment hadn't disapproved of | Pearson the diplomat. Twice, in 1946 and 1958, he was nominated to become sec- retary-general of the United Na-!| tions with strong backing by the Western powers. He was eager on both occasions to accept the job but the Russian veto killed his chances. PREFERRED UN In 1964, when he was in his second year as prime minister, Mr. Pearson admitted. frankly in a television interview that he would have preferred the UN to politics One of his low points came in June of 1957 when the Conserva- tives under John. Diefenbaker socred a minority win in the general election to end 22 years of Liberal rule. After 10 years as external affairs minister, he/ overnight became Lester Pear-| son, plain MP. | 7 STORES - TORONTO HAMILTON - OSHAWA EVERYONE ON YOUR LIST! Pearson's old sense of|royal commissionon wheat fu- honed at/tures. finely conference tables, |S Some accused him of weak- A pgalte . 3 But he invariably man-/high commission, London, ol! herculean task of rebuilding the 'aved to adopt the ideas of oth.| 1941--Recalled to Ottawa as | , e barn-| yj ; marked by disasters as well as'stormed the country, mending|crincipies incelten the basic PING-PONG TABLES Sturdy legs, 4 bots, net,, atee! poste 18.75 end belis |tonbrook, now part of Toronto, | second of three sons of Rev.) Edwin Arthur Pearson, a Meth-| United Nations. bornjodist minister, Bowles. fered in plane crash. sity of Toronto with honors in | Pearson gave a national TV ad-/history, went on to Oxford Uni- the Conservatives admit their) dress, promising "a time to ex-| yersity on scholarship. secretary. Chronology Of Incidents In Pearson Service Career OTTAWA (CP) -- of Prime| of events in the career of Prime Minister Pearson, who day ed his imp ig retirement: | Thurs- Ai April 23, 1897--Born at New-| and Sara 1915-18--Served overseas in} the First World War with the} army medical and the Royal Flying Corps, re- corps, infantry urning home with injuries suf- 1919--Graduated from Univer- 1923--Became lecturer in 1925--M arried Maryon El-| 1928--Joined external affairs 1931--Became secretary, 1934--Served as secretary, buying; | ervice. 1935--Appointed to Canadian | assistant undersecretary for x: | # |ternal affairs. i Gold Finished MIRRORS For Hellweys, Vanities, ete. persone | shee om "sos | sas" | 9.88 30° KITCHEN EXHAUST HOODS Single Speed STEP Oshawa Wood Products COURTICE 728-1611 a ae SHOPPING CENTRE 728-1617 For good value in well-aged Canadian whisky drinks ene that's older and Wiser's: Wiser's Oldest, 18 years old: Wiser's De Luxe, 10 years old: Wiser's.101, 6 years old: Saal Old, § years old: Wiser's Special Blend, 4 years old, WISER'S DISTILLERY LIMITED, BELLEVILLE, CANADA, miser'sOld iS a very good 3 year old Canadian Whisky in a handsome protective package. WISSER'S ( Old Canadian for outstanding |§ 1942--Named minister coun- sellor at Canadian embassy, Washington. traordinary to Washington. 1945--Became ambassador to, 1946--Recalled to Ottawa as, jundersecretary of external al-/Unity, an informant said fairs. 1948--Appointed to cabinet as minister of external affairs; elected MP fcr Algoma '# founding conference of NATO. Dec. 19, 1957--Awarded Nobel Peace Prize. party leader retirement-plans ence that he will remain active politically in the next three or 1949--Represented Canada at/four months, particularly in the field of constitutional pr tional conference will open here Jar. 16, 1958--Elected Liberal! Feb. 5. Mr. Pearson has said he hopes progress can be made on IPM To Seek Goal Of National Unity hoped for is that a committee of| Affairs Minister Paul Martin of By DAVE McINTOSH OTTAWA (CP)--Between now] 2ttorneys-general 1944 -- Appointed envoy X-| 144 his retirement next spring, Prime Minister Pearson is ex- the United States; delegate at)pected to devote a good deal of founding conference of the! time to speeches on national unity and constitutional reform. "Tt will be a real Operational ursday. The prime minister told his press confer- feels that a good start was St Ag Ah hac toric view he may make a statement|to disclose the nature of the in Toronto in late November about the Liberal party leader-|conversation. and that he wants to keep up = and, if possible, accelerate the momentum. bl garded ship race when he returns to Ot- tawa today. "Naturally I will have nothing to say until I go back home," Martin Returns _isrin sit ue rearat tron BRUSSELS (CP) -- Externalleign Minister Pierre Harmel. Asked whether Prime Minis- will be es-iCanada, commenting Thursdayjter Pearson had given him any pore Fo aig yp Bg i night on Prime Minister Pear-jadvance notice that he would eral-provincial meeting will con-|son's decision ) vene in the summer to study the|Brussels is not the place tojto resign, results. said|announce Thursday his intention Martin would only reply that he had spoken te Pearson by transatlantic tele- phone on that day. He declined to retire, ke a statement about his own Informants said Mr. Pearson political future. Martin indicated in an inter- Mr. Pearson has always re- A federal-provincial constitu- heddi ion a in the i April 22, 1963--Led Liberal party to minority election victo- bill of rights guaranteeing lan- 'y. |guage and education rights for April 22, 1963--Sworn in as| French-speaking Canadians ev- erywhere in Canada. Nov. 8, 1965--Led Liberals to| WORK OUT DETAILS re-election as minority govern-| This conference is not expect- ed to settle the matter. What is = 14th prime minister. ment. main political objective. LIBERALS GLUM from Quebec, Pearson was the only man ca pable of leading the country at this crucial time. That is why so many were reported glum when s he told the Liberal caucus of his retirement plans Thursday af- ternoon before the Commons met, FUEL OIL g fg AUTOMATIC, WEATHER CONTROLLED DELIVERY gy 40 years e xperience--budget plan a McLAUGHLIN sme: SUPPLIES LTD. J 110 King W., Oshawa tional unity as his Many Liberal MPs, especially felt that Mr. 2).4).4).4) 4347.4) 43 4t 4f 43 4d 4 dy 4} 4} dt dt dt dt ay dtd Hey Kiddies... SANTA Is Coming To WHITBY Saturday, December 16th ed rh a aD aD ae ED aegis dl di di 723-3481 EE eee es 4) 41 3:00 . | : i : p.m. : Parade Will Follow This Route: Leaves St. John the Evangelist Church East Along Gifford St. to Cochrane Street South on Cochrane Street to Dundas Street East on Dundas Street to Perry Street PARADE MARSHALLS -- DRAG KNIGHTS OF WHITBY Floats - Clowns - Bands - Candy For The Children "DON'T MISS IT!" Sponsored By the . . . WHITBY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE And The WHITBY RETAIL MERCHANTS North on Perry Street to Mary Street West on Mary Street to Brock Street South on Brock Street to Ontario Street Disbanding at Ontario Street Centennial Building THE OSHAWA Fridey, December 15, Autop: Order PLANO, Tex. (AP) - gators have ordered a1 in the death of Evalyn 25, 'who was once ar heirs to the famed } mond. Miss McLean's body found Tuesday in the ranch home where s alone. Neighbors in th suburb broke into tl when they saw no acti for several days. A toxicologist's study way to determine the death. Miss McLean's Body covered lying on a b clothed. There was no | of foul play, Justice Peace B. B, Carpenter She was the daughte: R. (Jock) McLean | Beach, Fla. A_ forme debutante, she had ne ried. She spent her tir ing with the horses s} and trained at her Acres horse ranch s northeast of Plano. STONE WAS GRANDM The Hope diamond owned by her grandmo alyn Walsh McLean. Miss McLean and & grandchildren never - lowed to so much as t diamond, a stone re have brought ill luck who were associated wi The diamond was bou Evalyn Walsh McLean by New York jewele Winston in 1947. He g: the Smithsonian Inst Washington. Evalyn Walsh McLe to wear the Hope dia her gala Washington She claimed she had down offers of nearly | for the diamond. She bought it in the early 19 her marriage to the | McLean. Mrs. McLei $40,000 for the stone ani to a priest to have it ble The diamond, accordi legend, was once posse King Louis XVI and M toinette but disappear the couple was beheade: the French Revolutiun. ' owner of the stone French. traveller name¢ nier, who sold the dia Louis XIV of France. T later was ripped to dea dog pack. The stone derives it from Henry Thomas | London banker who bou 1830. Toronto Reneges TORONTO (CP) -- ] eculptor Armand Vail says he has received ment from the $91,60 council voted for him plete his 70-ton work city's High Park. The sculpture, & block cast in Mr. court's on-site blast fur still unfinished. It was t centrepiece of a pe sculpture exhibition f the work of artists invi month-long symposium summer. The 35-year-old beard tor said he has been |} by city officials and like a dog." He said |} $25,000 of his own mone} 000 of it borrowed--on ject and had lost anoth 000 worth of commissio the project dragged on. The city originally | $120,000 for the syn part of it paid by fed provincial government council voted another last month to get the court work finished. In return, the city ws the exhibition of sculr some of the world's be: artists. Mr. Vaillancour work alone is estimate worth $250,000. The parts of the : now lie unassembled in at High Park. OO IF YOU ARE THINKING ABOL LIFE INSURANC Why Not Ca TOM FARQUHA SUN LIF Assurance Com Of Canada RESIDENCE: Bus 668-4371 72 a