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THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1948.

ARRIVAL, in Canada's top job: Louis St. Laurent, Prime Minister-designate.

The 'best- dressed MP'

steps up...

NCE more A French-

Canadian,

Mr

Lotila

Stephen St. Laurent. becomes leader of the Canu dian Liberal Party and Trime Minister-Designate in successon to Mr Mackenzie King....

7.

There are notable similarities between St Laurent and the

LOUIS ST. LAURENT great Sir Wilfrid Laurier, who was French Canadian Prime whether speaking French or English. Minister between 1896 and Hardly trace of accent exists. 1911: in handsome appearance, dominant French stock. Its mother Trich blood in mixed with tho in brond statesmanship, in law was a Broderick. The blend happily training, in condemnation of carries out the new Liberal leader's religious and racial bias. And convictions. He is a Catholic, has St Laurent sits in the Ottawa Ave children. Parliament for Quebec East, the constituency represented by Laurier for most of his political

career.

Justice eight years Laurent was 58.

St. Laurent would be materially Quebec arm of St. Laurent, Gagno. richer if he remained in Inw. Hin

Devin and Taschereau ja one of the blrgent fee-earners In tho Dominion. Ann Cabinet Minister MP. £250 car allowance and £500 he received £2500, plùs £1000 ng tax-free than half his professional

expenses-probably less income.

£3750 and allowances.

the

T

Tonk sagemony ANDRINGTONE Ö

The gentle tough-guy

Stadle

GENERAL VANDERBERO -youngest of his rank in the U.S. farcos- visite London

joins his 'Forts'

next

-by

VINCENT EVANS

And, as his quiet eye lethar- gically roams the room, you know that you, too, are being fitted into the background- awk- even though his charm hides the conclusion ho has resched about you.

Laurier chose Mackenzie King to be his heir, Now Mr. King places the mantle on a man of his patron's race. Although the choice was made by the Liberal Party in convention As Prime Minister he will have THERE are folk in the it in clear that the Iong-sighted bachelor Prime Minister had St.

United States who will Laurent in mind when he called him

tell you that Hoyt S. from

lucrative, private law The now chief has no easy task practice to be his Minister of ahead. Next year he faces a general Vandenberg, who arrived in

ngainst ago, when St. election

time when he is naked formidable London recently, is the Conservative Opposition led by Mr. Dwight D. Eisenhower.

ward questions.. John Bracken, the farmer, and Mr. And there are folk who will Gordon Graydon, the young -Tory

"Van's too handsome

And you will sit back fas- opposite number to Mr. Herbert say:

cinated that this graceful, soft- Morrison. And entrenched in Ontario guy to be taken seriously." are the mounting forces of Con- But General Hoyt Vanden- speaking, boyish-looking man servallam directed by Colonel

chosen to has been berg, 40-year-old successor George Drew.

such Toocy Spaatz as Chief of Staff responsible command. of the U.S. Air Force, will

Air warfare agree with nither of them.

St. Laurent has many friends it London. They remember him when he was there in 1946 as a greying. upright man with the Agure of a Guards' officer, a trim, military moustache, the polished

St. Laurent follows manners

Laurier in

of a courtier. He is the best-dressed his placing of Commonwealth be- fore national interest. Last year he man in the Ottawa parliament.

said: "Carinda will not

re-

Those who met him then called his favourite subject, friends ship between the French-canadians and those of British stock. They found him equally fluent and witty

D

{1

for

He will com his long, Ican

Sethighs, pull out his slow, warm- sing smile, and say: "Walla, Walla" under his breath. For George Gorman that is his formula for gaining

give up legs, fold his hands between his YOU will be fascinated again as the Renerosity

Imperial Preference unless secures something beller.

Empire regards

Preference precious."

FOOD RESEARCH IN BRITAIN

-By GEORGE MARTIN

URING the present of shortages it is important than ever to any unnecessary wastage of food. This fact is again em phasised by the recent report of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation.

a

fruit

animal products, except fish, and vegetables) and in the Ditton Laboratory, East Mailing (which is mainly concerned with

Investigat Ing the transport, storage, handling processing .of fruit and and vegetables).

For the lethargy could be shrewd play-acting--the sort of hooded laziness a film actress would stimulate when she was not quite certain how she was putting herself

across at publicity interview.

He has what some would assess of greatness, others the fear of putting a foot wrong in a foreign land. Marahal Tedder, Chief of the British Air Staff, for whom he might be thought "Now I see it this way. You see him as soon as he arrived at his to have some jealousy, called in to won't see much change in air London hotel, and this is how Hoyt warfare for the next five years Vandenberg sums him up: or ao. But after that, and

"Tedder's a great guy, one within ten years, you will see very great guys. He's one of

my best friends." the change awing in on you. Hoyt is the nephew of another

Vandenberg, better

known "We will be up in the realms Britain than his nephow--Senator

as Hoyt Vandenberg clips his lips together, levels a fore finger at you, and says:

the

of

ia

They say he got it

of real speed then. We will Arthur Vandenberg, Gossips used to promotion be thinking of jet propulsion say that Hoyt got his in a big way. And then, why, say it now.

because of Arthur. But they don't this modern air warfare will despite his uncle. be just old-fashioned. It will be out."

'Too reckless'

his life.

And he will tell you that he WHAT gossips will not say is that Hoyt Vandenberg cannot fight. how is over here just to see his "boys" in Lincolnshire and Several times he came back from a

mission in Europe or Africa

with Scotland are getting on, and to the wings of his plane like a pepper thank the RAF for the pot until finally Spaatz ordered "almighty generous way they him out of the air on to the ground, have been tumbling over them-fold him he took too reckless a caro

make the boys wel- There are two small laboratories selves to at the Covent Garden fruit and come." vegetable market and at the Smith- field meat market in London for in vestigations on the distribution of perishable products. These market laboratories, were closed during the war, but re-opened in 1940.

period the organisation at the end of

more the war in order to restore avoid wide range of research.

The broad aim of the work of the organisation is to assist in the task feeding of the of improving the community. Advances เก the knowledge of the properties and be haviour of foodstuffs lie at the root of progress over the whole field, In-Britain attention to the irrespective of particular problems effective utilisation of food sup- connected with the storage.

trans- plies has been given for a long port or preservation of food which at any given moment, may assume time. As curly as 1917, during practical importance or urgency. World War I, the Government Both, the advancement of

the solution set up the Food Investigation knowledge and

specife practical problems must, Organisation of the Department therefore, be part of the pro- most valuable contribution to of Scientific and Industrial Re- gramine. Aearch. It covers the broad fields of research

on the pro-

perties of foodstuffs, their

Priorities

basic of

Home-caught fish can make

Britain's food supplies, especially at the present time of meat shortage, the and high priority is given to

to programme of research on fish be carried out for the Food Investi- Kalion Organisation by its Torry Research Station at Aberdeen.

Keep guessing!

So he pinned his decorations ол his chest and went to Russla na

when...Russia most distrusted

head of an air mission at the time Anglo-American intentions to fight seriously.

But it is significant that Hoyt Vandenberg is known to be one of the U.S. military bosses

He pined more who have it as the fundamen-

than a little for tal centre of their strategy that the dare-devil days when he was picked to stand-in for a Hollywood an air base in Britain is star who had to crash his plane essential and that the time to for n Government documentary plan for trouble is before it film.

He came back to Europe to com- begins.

mand the 9th Tactical Air Force unill Truman recalled him 1o Washington to head the new Army Intelligence Service. His ground- E will not admit that that ing for the future was complete- Continued close co-operation with ing, that lies between primary the Ministry of Food will not only

is the reason why the force part fighter, part diplomat, part production on the one hand and ensure valuable guidance as to the

of Flying Fortresses recently administrator and he had to send

a few heads rolling to get there. nutrition on the other. The priorities which should be attached This station is engaged exclusive arrived in Britain.

Now he is back in Europe-re- following problems receive to investigations in different parts ly on problems concerned with the

"If you keep the boys tied garding the Berlin air lift as his of the field of research, but the handling, storage and processing of special consideration-quality concern of the Ministry in securing fish and fish by-products; it main- down to one strip of concrete," most important job; "Of course, we in foodstuffs; reduction of the practical applications of the re-. tains its own vessel for catching fish he says, "they get too used can keep the air lift going all the winter If necessary. Food and fuel. wastage of all sorts; improve sults of research is likely to cohance for experimental purposes. Pioneer-

to it. They're too near their But that means that the govern- the effectiveness of their use.

on Ing research the preservation and pre- ment in the storage

of fish by freezing were carried out homes. So we send them out ments have got to bend their backs.

people. servation of homegrown foods

before the war and the freezing all over the world to try them too. So have the

will have to make sacrifices." and in the handling of fish.

and cold storage of both herrings out and see how they react." At 49, Vandenberg is grandfather and while fish has now reached the

If you point out to him that to his daughter's small baby, with commercial stage.

storage, transport and process-

resources

Close collaboration bodles engaged in the study of the storage, transport or processing

of foodstuffs is to be continued.

with

other

Possibilities

During the War

Great progress has already been During World War II, the

of the organisation made towards the restoration of a healthy balance in the work both were devoted almost entirely as regards its scope and its range. to the development of various as the report for 1946 shows. dehydrated foods for civilian details are and military uses;

New emphasis is placed upon in- to given in the Report or. Food In- vestigations which are likely vestigation, 1940 to 1946, throw light upon the most effective particularly of

utilisation of various classes of food- which has just been published. stuffs, especially meat. It was inevitable that research.

In collaboration with the Agricul-

to

HE

They

littim it is unusual for one of those a son at West Point and a

conscious of the streaks of grey hair training trips to fly off to a in his head,

base in a

country with which the U.S. has no military His 'goodbye' Other investigations relate alllance, he will say: "Now you you could almost call him a dandy smoke-curing of fish, salt-curing of want to know whether the but you probably wouldn't be. herrings, and utilsation of Bsh in dried forms. Dehydrated Ash will move had any political signi- doing him anything ko Justice.

ficance. make possible Improvements in diets

Well, I guess you can The dandy would Jump into his defielent in high-grade protein, work that out for yourself." general's uniform. But Vandenberg

in countries where other methods

As he leaves it in the air profers immaculate civvies fish-processing

When he stands up to tell you: have not been developed.

like that, you; will be conscious "My skedule tells me there's a car that. one of the slickest ad- waiting." you know that you are should have been mainly direct- tural Research Council, Increased The station has been able to give ministrative machines is work dealing with a man who has more than the ordinary in him. The grip ed to investigations of a short- attention is being given to re considerable technical advice on the ing in the room with you. No of, the long, slim fingere and the range character during the war, searches on vegetables, particular possibilities of improving and In- telephone rings twice for him. bow from six feet of height tell and, there was, therefore, aly the potato. This work is carried creasing the preservation of local No one interrupta. His insis- you that you are going.

particularly by methods

You will be ushered courteously clear need for a complete recon- out in the Low temperature Station catches,

tent personality: absorbs every- out by an Research at Cambridge involving drying, to experts from

alde who is as sartorial- struction of the programme of (which deals with meat and other the Crown Colonies ami from India.

one else.

ly correct as his general.

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