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University Daily Kansan Monday, Feb. 11, 1963
Diefenbaker Starts Rebuilding Shaky Cabinet
OTTAWA — (UFI) — Prime Minister John Diefenbaker patched up his resignation-shattered Caretaker Cabinet today by giving Veterans Affairs Minister Gordon Churchill and Minister Without Portfolio M. Wallace McCutcheon the key defense and trade posts.
He appointed Marcel Lambert, Speaker of the last House of Commons, as Veterans Affairs Minister, replacing Churchill.
THE APPOINTMENTS. announced as Diefenbaker left for a speaking date in Toronto, filled two of the three vacancies created by the resignations of Defense Minister Douglas Harkness, Trade Minister George Hees and Associate Defense Minister Pierre Sevigny over the twin issues of nuclear defense policy and anti-Americanism.
The prime minister said he would make "more appointments" — one probably a successor to Sevigny — within the next few days.
The choice of both Churchill and Lambert had been widely forecast. Selection of McCutcheon caught Parliament Hill observers by surprise.
McCutcheon, brought into the ministry from Toronto last August to give business a stronger voice in government, had been reported on the verge of resignation himself throughout the past hectic week. Despite a steady string of denials by him, many observers still felt he might quit over the defense and anti-American controversy.
TODAY'S APPOINTMENT quickly silenced such speculation. It appeared that the "Barefoot Boy from Bay Street," as he is kn. wn on parliament Hill, was with Diefenbaker to the end.
Promotion to the Trade and Commerce Portfolio seemed certain to produce McCutcheon's resignation from his $10,000 a year, life appointment to the Senate and an attempt by him to obtain a Commons seat in the April 8 general election.
It was highly doubtful that the government could designate such an important portfolio as trade to a senator unaccountable directly to the country's elected members in the house.
The appointments also emphasized that the 67-year-old Diefenbaker had no intention of buckling under pressure that he step aside as Conservative Party Leader before the April vote. The Montreal Gazette this morning joined two other staunch conservative newspapers — the Toronto Telegram and Toronto Globe and Mail — in demanding his resignation.
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Ph.D. French Reading Exam, Saturday.
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La réumion ordinaire du Cercle Français n'aura pas lieu mercedré. Les membres de la lundi de peoie de M Viala lundi a quatre heurs et demie, dans la salle Sworthhout.
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