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The Author

RENEGADE IN POWER: Diefenbaker Years

lly man c. NEWMAN ‘ IN STALMENT 12: THE 1963 ELECTION

(This is the final of a series of twelve excerpts taken from the much longer version contained in RENEGADE IN POWER: THE DIEFENBAKER YEARS, copyright Canada, 1963, Peter C. New- man; published by McClclland & Stewart.)

It seemed such a short time since that glorious

sprign of 1957 when the man from Prince Albert had first soared into the heady reaches of power, inflated

with his proud ambition. and buoyed up by the pe

0-

ple's trust. Yet less than six years later, in the crueller springtime of 1963, the Conservative ministry was

collapsing like a defective birthday party.

John Diefenbaker was

balloon at a spoiled child's

sides. derided by his one-time disciples, abandoned by his closest colleagues. At home. newspapers that once sanstified his every idiosyncrasy were calling for his resignation. Abroad, usually circumspect statesmen

were gently leaking the teat would be highly desir tenth federal election cam almost as alone as he had

word that Diefenbaker’s de-

ablle. As he pushed into his paign, he seemed to stand

more than two decades be- mm,

fore, when he had first come out of the West. But John Diefenbaker had always felt that he

stood alone. He had foug leadership by himself, tri alone, and now he faced

ht his way to the Party ed to govern the country the political climax of his

life. still alone and still fighting.

Many of the nation's

editorial writers wondered

why. when the odds seemed to be so heavily stacked against him. Diefenbaker still insisted on clinging to the prime ministership, thus risking not _only his own humiliation but permanent damage to his Party. The

answer lay buried deep man’s character.

No matter who or what conspired. against him,‘ ity Diefenbaker adhered with scarcely diminished faith to The the sacredness of his own mission. He felt that he w bound to win the 1963 election campaign. because I1

in the complexities of theI I

was somehow meant to have power.

In planning their campaign stralfegy. the primal-_v concern of?

the Conservative leader's chief and Roy Faibish, was to revilve

political advisors. Dalton

enbaker and “the average Canadian,” which had been forged

in the 1957 and 1958 campaigns.

i-nster's claim for re-election would have . Authority of his office. as had been attempted in 1962. but on

direct. emotional appeal to the

FACE TO FACE WITH LEADE In concerned with the

effect than with the '

impression wanted Diefenbaker to come face to face again with

yearning and leadership. which had awakened in him the oharils-I observers Could deny that he ad '

the campaign's initial stages Camp and Faibisll we

cmwik would have on Diefen-bakerI l ' k hi "' . 'I‘le'y' le might ma e on S auglentcllees votgrsu though he had not been able to

This meant that the Prime Min-.. e .9 . a I

to be based. not on people.

RSI-HP YEARNING

mamic qualities that had inspired the triumphs of his first two

campaigns. To

campaign was sc ed as a

Prairies. His train pulled out of Ottawa's Union Station. shorlty

after midnight on February E. trainboard press conference, he

thought to appearing on television with your competitors?" Diefenbaker glared at his inquisitor. and replied: "I have no It was a bold be.

competitors. " three weeks before had very ne followers.

Between Winmpeg and Sask

to leave his train only at Melville, Watrous. I local Tory organizers were set to produce sizable advance crowds. But the timetable had in be changed when word of his tour got around, and people began spontaneously to g plalbfomis at ltuna. Nokomis. and other flag stops.

I

whistle-stop journey through the

The next morning. at his first was asked: “Have you given any ginning for a politician who only arly been overthrown by his own artoon. Diefenbaker was scheduled and Semans. where

ather on station The local

I Tories with 33

llficantly influence the future of RAFUSE WHITEWAY " Mr’ being criticized on alli turban sector of the popul

as,left the Party bitterly divided

I P I that mystic bond between Dieif-I

e mm,eI John Diefenbaker had also sav-

In

I

achieve this rapport. Die-fenbaker's first tour of tihel ul

station a-gents advised the campalilgn cal-alvan of the crowds asking Diefenbaker a least to wave as his train went by. Instead.

the Prime Minister ordered the . CHILDREN FOLLOWED HIS E

The inhabitants of the flat. sad little towns turned out by the “"53 “Wm Wk “"0 the

train to hall at every stop. VERY MOVE

hundreds in the Malnclh chill to pay deference to their chamlplion.

As Diefenbaker strode the station platforms. shaking I batting shoulders. a scramble I every move.

Du John Diefenbaker had

credited by most of the people biblical Cadellce 0‘ 3" 0 who could be said to belong to lament prophet "By Canada's Establishment. But he “’°"d5 ye shall

of adoring children followed his

ring his six years in office,|'"—*-——-—:*——-——,-—- been dis- was frequently expressed in the

Tes- t I1 9 I r judge them"

knew no matter how the nation ‘wi""lP98« March “I "The" might pretend it had become 8 right hand knoweth not what the

great trading force or an arbit-I19“ hand I5 doing" '0”?! W 8

er of significance in

e cold war that the real source of pol-I

March 11): “For while the light holds forth to burn. the greatest

Itical power in Canada still layl Sinners may 1'°I1"‘"" ‘M0"CI0'|-

rlose to the SOII. I I ‘MISTAKES or THE HEART’ I Let the dwellers in the sophis-. everywhere

'. ficated world of the cities a nd

suburbs deride him. Now. he

was coming home to the people

New Brunswick. March 13».

To the crowds that eru pied his train halted. Diefenbaker was desperately an- xlous to impart this urgent mes- sage: that during his term of of-

he understood and who under. fice he had tried his mightiest to

stood him. When he told a clus- ter of his supporters. as he did at Duck Lake. Saskatchewan, _‘“Tliey say I've made mistakes, you know. But they've been mis- .' takes of the heart." his audience

, o

"I knew exactly what he meant.

"I'm going across this nation." .I he told them. “and I'm going to look into the face of Canada, to meet the people. to carry a I message of hope... The last time. I flew over the people. This time. I'm down on the ground with you. I’m not asking for the . support of the powerful. the strong. and the mighty. but of

I

'1' the average Canadian. the group

.. to which I belong." , Diefenbaker‘; strategy was a ' revelation of himself. Although

-v be had governed Canada since

I press conference. following h is I, first Prairie tour. when asked to 1' name the main issue of the ‘I campaign. he replied: “The rec- ‘ ord of the Opposition. the falsifi- cation by the Opposltlon, that's ' the issue as I see It." ' Diefenbaker came at the peo- ple like some mythological deity ’ -—a heroic figure. tantalizing the 3, voters with the suggestion that :1 by keeping him in power. they I could make a political in I racle

_. _, come true. "I see. as I climb

the hill-—and oh. it's a long hill- I see the dawning of a new day,"

The Conservative l e a d e r on the air of I,earthly representative of sonIienI ; aterrestrl agency. "I don't why It is," he confided to an audience of two thousand .1: fax. “but during this elec-

sung. lthu . Ihaw an eppolntmentl

improve the lot of the average Canadian. If he had failed. it , had not been because of his own shortcomings, but because had been thwarted by those nev- er-defined forces of evil which he lumped together bitterly as they. "They say of me.” he told a Winnipeg rally. “I'm too much concerned wi the common man. My friends. my friends. I know the condition of the aver- age Canadian." He ranted again- st the Liberals in Parliament (“They did not try to co-oper- ‘ they sat; they sneered'

against Newsweek Magazine which had written a devastat- ingly unfavorable article about him ("They planned that. They awaited that"). and even against his own advisers 1'‘ st time

D: - Q

. vitae Canadian people to ear- 7;:ilc’nm with up Liberals

I! U! .-. "1 O 3 an an O < m ‘I = o *1 =- O 3

hands and position which had been forfeit-

,12 The Guardian. Charlottetown, Sat. Jan. 25. 1084.I

, VITAL STATISTICS I _ lo. . = to ' 3|R1'H5 isri-iwluir _ In fond and lovingI

GAUTHIER-— At the Charlotte- memory of my dear father. flown Hospital. Thursday, Jan- 1964

P January 3

f l

EV

fewer cast their ballots for Diefenbaker than had done so inl the 1962 campaign. This left theI per cent of theI popular vote and ninety- five‘

January zoom. 1964. to Mr. and I Mrs. James A. Mallard, Souris. a daughter, Jane Fran- ces. Weight 5 lbs.. Elli ozs. A sister for Cathy.

who passed away January 26, 1963

I

IDear are the memories silently I

99 of one we loved and can never I I all our friends from

sea? in Ihe Coifimonsl I org . be edb J r en mile. 9 VO ing pa em 3 SO revea - Lo 'n.gky remem 1' y ean, I _ ed some "ends ma, Wm, “gm ENGAG EMENTS Lloygland chfldrm giiinfigrmmagegzfmummvsremem ‘ cnnn PARTY in Stanley

and Mrs. Fred Raflise. Mur- NICHOLSON __ In mm mm_

IN MEMORIAM

of my dear husband W. Nelson writer who Pasicd IV!!!‘ further notice. . l .

Sweet are the memories tliatI SATURDAY NIGHT never fade.

Of one I loved. but could no!‘ sin ‘

ve. Donald (Dani Stewart who de- I Sadly I miss you and I7I'_V not

. sadly missed by his wife Ruby.

I CARD OF THANKS

a . Joseph G. and Janet Campbell. I

CITY & QUEENS

memory bsent from his office until‘

dance. I “"d5°“' New Glasgow Recreation Centre. Idl'8mfl-

Music by The Del-Rays. Ad . [mission 60 cents. Canteen set-. Ivice. Dancing 9-30 — 12 p.m. I

’ DANCING TONIGHT North.

_ KINGS COUNTY

DR. L.H. KILLORN Will be; soul-us THEATRE Saturday Belles Shoppe, Mon only January 25th ing of Eagles". at color.

perform in the Scottish concert

. YOUR FAVORITE artists will I I at the High School auditorium In verse MIL on

Montague on Wednesday Jan- mm at 3;15_ Lunch

BALE CONTINUE; of dresses at $3.95

, “A Gather- ari-ing Rock

‘d"°“t“”' last. Belles Shoppe Mo

NOTICES

REGULAR SATURDAY night Dance R.C.A.F. Association Club Rooms. Dance 9:30 to 12.00 pm. Music by the ‘-Tartans". Mem-

We wish sincerely to thank hers and guests Invited. door

Bridge School on Monday. Jan- uary 27th. at 8 p.m.

all parties. By aiming his appeal

at the anti-Establishment non- ‘ wish m an-"ounce

cry of Louis Nicholson. who: J h D. f b k h d b “1:li0}l.| departed this life January 25.

o n ieen a er a a aniz- 1953 ed Canadian politics. West had been turned against East. Que- bec against English- speakin g Canada. and the city d w ellers against the farmers. Only one Tory had been elected in the ' - nine comstituencies of Montreal and Toronto. Only eight of Quebec’s seventy- five seats had gone Conservative. Forty - one of the f orty-eight

.-ghter. Linda Alice to John William Whiteway. son of Mr. and Mrs. Chester Whitaeway. Dover. The marriage w i ll take place at Murray River on February 15th. at

4 o'clock. IN MEMORIAM I I

One year has passed. one year I of ai

But one year closer to meeting again. Time performs wonders and I Giggey-3 pharmaw

. Schrafft's Homestyle

NICHOLSON — In fond memory But st‘i'l‘l"‘t'he: 8‘: many may I

of Louis Nicholson. who de-

rted tihf. l'f J uary 25. . 93 pa N I E an ‘ Time cannot erase a loving face

or mend a broken heart. allinx

1953, I I for Kate and Roy Campbell. I ITime cannot stay the

a s

life January 25, 1963.

rest of the country. But among We litltle knew when we awoke ' at .

the well heeled. the well born,

Prairie tidings. on the other N1cHOLs0N — In fond a n d, ,5 ,._ Ifavorltes at the Y’: Men's mgsggvn: THURSDAY even.

mind‘ had "mauled. {W31 to l°"i“‘g mama’-V M mu‘. dear lThat grief and sorrow start. It-9V0-‘nth 811111181 concert. Sail-II" lng, February mm. for variety

Diefenbaker and Alvin. as had son and brother. Louis _. Ifime cannot break my {aim and Iday. January 25th at 8-30 pm. concert in me High school,

most of the rural seats in the Nicholson. who departed thisI trust P‘w_C_ Auditorium Tickets Hunter Riven sponsored by I

In which God said "Because I

and the well educated. Conserva-WM moI‘}!‘l. d Id b _ng ‘_ h H 1‘ 31 __ tive s laport c llapsed. sm‘0'“' - e a.v won 11 . - we ye s a lve so . DANCE. CORRAN Ban Hall, PARTIII 0 Ime can was Sudden. the shock I But time can give you back to -

The 1963 election had indeIib'y SW9"-’«, when my W9" “"°"k Sponsored . Music by stamped Diefenbaker's personal- T° P3" ‘‘'’tI‘ “"9 we “wed 5° the “SI,arduster3"_ canteen

ls o'er. Then I'll be yours and you’ll be mine to have fiolrevermore. Never a mohrnin-g dawns. never a night returns but what I think

on Canadian Conservatism. 93 3" _ sefy/ice_ pre- election cabinet revolt Gale gS*I1‘:_k"s °°mag° *0 stand

Streneltzli to bear the blow, I

Iand warring within itself. The . I < I . h‘ e: results of the campaign rudely g:Iy‘\l(‘;‘:d1lWc.°5t to 1a1‘(::O,“IT]1 go’ of you, Ishmed the base 0‘ "5 tI'adili9n- sad“, miss“; and ymnjngiy Sadly missed and lovingly 11- poo set and out $1.75. s"pp°"' Instead °f bemg remeiribei-ed by his family. .‘m9mbeT9d by Mary» P110"? 4'94“ 105 Kent

able to speak for the industraliz- ed and growing urban centres of

But if he had altered the na- ture of Canadian Conservatism as it had been known since 1867.

ed his Party from the humilia- tion of a rout at the polls. Al-

win the election. few impartial

won the campaign. The Conservative leader's fail-

: Announcements CITY 8: QUEENS

“WE TREAT the sick well"

taste so good. Available now at Nine Mile Oi-eek Bulldogs, first Glggefs Pharmacy. Dial 4-3170 game of semi-finals. game time prompt free delivery.

I I BURNS CONCERT — All your °°"“' Ska“ "M"

$100 at Reddins. NEWSOII E190‘ Cavendish Resort Association. tric or Burke’: J ewellerl.

SPECIALS AT the Gala Beauty Salon: $7.50 Cold Wave $4.00; the Scottish concei-tin Montague $10.00 Cold Wave $7.00; Sham- Ion Wednesday, January

CRAPAUD RINK tonight: Engelwood High School vs. Stella Maris High School. Play-off hockey. game time 7 pm. Ad- mission 25 and 35. Skate after. . Ice Sports Monday night.

New NORTH RIVER Rink tonight Candies Saturday: Pownal Royals

8 p.m. Admission 25 and 50

9 p.m. RESERVE FEBRUARY zznd. Il964. for lihe annual Girl Guide

Saturday mzht. January 2‘5th- ‘Thinking Day Tea and Display. by cvo

YMCA, 35:30 pm. Tickets 50c. KINGS COUNTY YOU CANNOT afford to miss

29th. Tele- Some pleasant surprises in store

Street. as well as your old favorites.

The Subject. Mm Hem Gaumler Rustic“ parted this life 29 years ago IA “ml: whIfle ion r and I too _ _

' River recreation hall. 9-12 mid- ILibei-al government. This time. ""u°- ‘"99. N°”“" D°“°°“°’- January ,z5th’ I must leave-.ge night. Admission 50 cents. Good is-ry 29. Admission ‘Sable Island turned against the 3 50”‘ welgmfi lbs‘ 12 025‘ A Sadly mmed but always re" :‘l‘o Join you. my love on that ‘music. Canteen service. In 8l'¢Ichildren under twelve 50 cents. lstlitute. ‘Tories. eleven ballots to six. The sbmuhl er f°r Cmdy' Glen" a"d membered by daughter. Nettie. I begufifuj more of Junior Farmers, I shift did not hold true across the ' , ' Where life's everlasting and I nation. however. Out of a total MALLARD _ At the Charlotte. ICIWG ~ 1" '°"‘"8 '"°'“°"¥ °' I parting no more. 935950” MN“ - .R°8“1" Of 7-9 million Voters Only 275.30I town Hospital. on Monday. I M” EIEBHOI‘ 075199’ C73” Lovingly remembered and ska” every Saturday “gm”

IENDERSEX

HOUSE and LOT

NO. 9:3 WALTHEN DRIVE Charlottetown, P. E. I.

TENDERS will be received by the undersigned up until Noon on the 5th day of Feb. ruary, 1964 for the lot and bungalow of the late George M. Grant at No.93 Walthen Drive in Charlottetown.

Lot is 86 feet deep with a frontage on -Walthen Drive of 52 feet. _ _ _ . House is 7 years old, consisting of living room, kitchen, two bedrooms and bath. Cement founda- tion and cement basement floor. New oil fumace in 1963. Garage. Immediate possession. Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. Inspection on the premises, evenings frun 7 to

Lloyd B. Era of

A Walthen Gaudef

Executors

Estate Late George M. Grant

P. O. x Charlottetown, P.E.I.

j

SOIIGIII slll

. AlanssIl\\\‘$1§1§§

with and ..,;g=l_; I-3811:.

ONE DOZEN ONLY 5 coats for $15.00 each whl

PRINCE coumy CARD PARTY In Cape -I-ra_ Monday. Janna”.

Served 3,’, .75 and {Cape Traverse Women}

€

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PRLVI;

In-

ure to'ral_ly enough voters be- hind him_ in his passionate crus- ade againsf American interfer- ence probably meant that the. majority of Canadians have at

ast subconsciously ac c eptea their country’: destiny as an ec- ogomic dependency of the Unlt-' e s

DR

Misnnso MOOD

In his appeal to throw out the Yanks Diefenbaker had serious- 1y misread the mood of his peo- pl

e. He had also failed to realize that at that point in Canadian

stream of world progress—~ a 9d during the Diefenbaker Years.

Instead of offering himself 35

campaign had sounded like man asking the voters to salvage him. Once he had established his claim to martyrdom, he could not purge himself of It. The Prime Minister sat in the dank Privacy of his railway car that election night in Prince Ai-

_ I. _._’o_II'/kiI‘\‘ ‘ W on M ‘

his seal of office‘. A LOST LOOK

‘Now, in the bleak evening of his career. the disappointment had slackened the normally com.

away who has traversed a lone- ly terrain of experience. leaving him isolated from other men.

leioiira

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Savings for Springtime!

DAYTIME DRESSES

Gay spring styles fashioned‘ in “sanfori'zed" and me-rcer- Izcd combed cotton . . . freslh wearing dresses at such (I low prlice! Gay mullii-striped coat—dress with V-neck and short cuffed sleeves. Predominantly aqua. pink 0!‘ green hi half slizcs. Demure little dress with mound neck and novel tabs buttoning from the waist to the patch pocloes. Clip pattern in candy pink, green or brown in misses‘ nizes. Three other styles not svhowli. Sizes 14 to Z). 14‘: to 24": in the lot.

Not exactly as illustrated

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Rayon brocade batiste wltth front slide fastening. Elastic side pan-

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