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*Why Author Labels Dief
As ‘Renegade In Power’
Precede: (This is the first of a se ' ‘ excerpts taken from the much 1ongerE13:r§lohvl:Sx\l.e tained in RENEGADE IN POWER: THE DIEFEN- BAKER YEARS, copyright Canada, 1963, Peter C. Newman: published by McClelland and Stew- art.
INSTALLMENT 1— PROLOGUE
The sometimes mysterious and always unpre- dictable alchemy of democratic politics has produced few more enigmatic personalities than John George Diefenbaker, the small-town lawyer who governed the thirteenth of the earth's surface which is Canada, tween June 21, 1957. and April 22, 1963.
No other Canadian politician in this country could claim the emotional con- quest of a generation; yet no prime minister ever dis- illusioned his disciples more.
John Diefenbaker had a large, abiding love for his ‘ C0lU1'tI'Y- He gave prodig- ious energy to his office and tried hard to bring the federal administration into a m ore meaningful relat-
were in him, but through.
out his stormy steward- m_ NEWMAN Ship, languished in A-New --id Crlvm vi»-to the cupboard of his soul.
He gave the people a leadership cult, without leadership.
In his hu_stings crusades of 1957 and 1958, when he was swept into power with the largest m ever accorded a Canadian prime minister, John Diefenbaker seemed to be that rare kind of political leader who cared passionately about the fate of his people. He reached out and stirred in the voters a feeling of trust. His magnificent campaigns turned the nation into one vast constituency. The elections took on the fomi of plebiscites, for or against th e bountiful, glorious, trouble-free future he was promising. Canadian voters thought they recognized in the outraged advocate from Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, a man aspiring to become a leader with the clear sense of mission of a Winston Churchill or a Franklin Roosevelt.
Preoccupution With Own Stature Seen As Curb To Achievement
But once he was in office, something went terribly wrong. Elected as a spiritual leader at a tiirne ot‘ gnowmng _n-atnoriial self- doubt. John Diefenbaker turned out to be not a spiritual leadier at all, but a renegade in power-a renegade. both to his own cause and to the greater aspirations of the nsation be was meant to be governing. _
He interpreted the people‘: splendid acclaim ol as adequatepr~oofofliiisgreatnessandbecaniie'toinoaitedwiblitlie authority of his office. He behaved as,if he were the aacirosaaict
teuided to View events at depending on their the process, he ran his time. and 90¢
nus. Diefenbaker might have been able to f.!iegvdimnenmmofhiselecwmlmumpinmmfliekfindofleadbr- chip needed to burst the bonds of the nation‘: narrowilox instead. he refused to trust the bureau- crats. because they had been appointed by his Liberal pre- decessors. and fell back to relying for advice on the
_ . political hacks who sought hits favours. These men were oensltivc to tlhe ed
problem of contiimied inicinnbency, and little else.
BIG}! ACHIEVEMENTS IN SOME BRANCHES - No evious Canadian regime prompted such . reactions. David Walker, the Toronto laIW'ye1' who NW“ 33 bl‘ ministievr of public works for three years, called Diefenbaker “lfne saviour of Canada." Joe Smallwood, the Liberal premier ‘ ‘to “the Great
Plague. the Black Death."
Neither verdliict seemed justitlied. During their six years in power, the Oonse-rviaitives amply dernoiistnted fliicfsr abtllilty to operate some government departments far more imagiml.-lively than their Libenal predecessors. Agxicultiire and Northern Af- flniirs under Alvin Ham-iilton. Justice under Daivie I"-lhltoll. 'l‘.i'ude Hees. Public Works under Howard National Revenue under George Nowlan, and Post Office ‘ in the Diefenbaker Years.
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instead of pinoviding the kind of irniigiiiastive been elected to give, John Diefenbaker became pre-occupied with the personal stature he could extract firom his position. this record siiggesiis that despite a lifetime spent in fir-yirg furiously to become Prime Minister of Canada. the man from Prince Albert had not the least inkling of what he wanbed to do when he achieved that high office. and was rendered impoterit by the magnitude of the claim it places upon its in
Excessive Emphasis Found Given
‘Breathless Short-Run Policies
nl con rned with maintaining y ce "'1
ope his Die enba-ker appeared to be frightened of using his
of Commons to legislate the many uiipopidar rneuiiwea of seemed to forget
that
Iigned to dischanae 9330“ ~ most of the specific pledges made on the biislirigs. badic dimoiilfies ‘were hopelessly compounded.
Success! virtue of their dependence on the pe0P|¢- B)!‘ 309"‘ tried to respond to every gust of publlvc WING“ IN the inevitably. was ad'rrii=niiistratlve cihaos. He seemed . of distinguishing between what is essential and what in ti-Hing in the discharge of political power. He lacked the afuiibile as-
result.
_ wanted to turn
* people. He saw
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DTEFENBAKER
FOR READERS
TO JUDGE FOR S-ELVES
As the fastest-selling book in Canada’s pub- lishing history, RENEGADE IN POWER: THE DIEFENBAKER YEARS, by Peter C. Newman, most discussed book of its M
sold out within a few days second and third priiitings
are being pushed to meet the unprecedented de-
Meanwhile, as one means of meeting the demand, Mr. Newman has made available for newspaper presentation a condensation which he prepared himself. The first chapter appears herewith to- day, and the 12 instalments, of about 1.500 words each, will continue daily in The Guardian during
Mr. Newman was Ottawa editor of Mac1ean’s l magazine during “ he Diefenbaker Years” and is now national affairs editor of that publication.
lArena Fund Banquet Set For Alberton
ALBERTON -— Senafor‘0rvil‘.e H. Phillips and Hon. Henry Wedge, minister of welfare and labor will be present this even- ing at a banquet in Alberfnn United Church hall to officially open a financial campaign for the new Jacques Car-tier Arena. Hon. L.G. Dewnir M.D.. mm-
dwow McRae. minister of agri- culture have been invited but it is not definite whether they can attend.
Share forms will be available at the banquet and an attract-
P0 distributed. _ _ _ Tignish recreation association is also expected to be present.
the banquet being postpon_ will be held ThlIl‘S(li3fy evening.
Hamilton Man Wins Athlone Scholarship
SUMMZERSIDE — A senior student at Nova Scotia Techni-
P.E.I.. has been chosen to re- ceive an Athlone Scholarship.
The scholarships which are awarded by the British govern- ment allow 42 young Canadian engineers to go to Brita-in for two years advanced traininrg in universities and engineering fimis.
Mr. Locke-rby is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Lockeriby, Ham- ilton, and winning SCTl0lal':‘alll_D§ is not new ' Among those he has won was a Sharp sc=bol.airship to Mount Alhison Uniiv-eirsity, , . when he graduated from Ken- siington High School.
He received his BSc. cum laiude from Mount Allison before entering N.S. Technical College. Ha-l-iifax. N.S.. from where he will graduate this spring. An- other brother, Wayne is in jun- ‘ . and a
strident at Hamilton.
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The site of the new Jacques Cartier Memorial Arena at Alberton presented a busy scene Saturday as about 15 woirlcmen carried on with the
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pouring of cement for the steel supports. A kerosene blow torch heats the cement while it is being turn in the
(foreground) and after mixing
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Western And Central Districts .
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The Face Of Christ ls Theme ’. Of Sermon In Alberion Series;
ERTON — “The face of‘United ch-um}; _was the theme of the evening service, concluding sermon of a series ship in worship were Rev H
and pouring into the forms it is covered over with several feet of straw. All men on the project are from the Albei-ton
' Physics Professor To Speak To Ccincidicin Club Wednesday
who ,
A physics pnofessor worked on the atom bomb dur- iiug the years of fihe Second World War, will address tflie Prinice Edward Island Cana- dian Club Wednesdiay.af: the
Pipe Thawing Causes Blaze
SUMMERSIDE — The Sum- merside fire department rush- ed to the home of Mrs. Thelma Companion, 478 Sheen Street. shortly after 5 o'clock last even- ing to put out a small fire. start-
A storm of controversy, of course, surrounds ed by a torch which was being this work, so it is recommended to Guardian used to thaw out water pipes. readers on the basis that they should judge it for
The only damage to the home was a hole burnt through the floor.
at 6.30 p.m.
Dr. Ernest W. Guptiill. now h-ead_ of the department of vrllys-10$ at Dalhouise University. was attached to the National Re- search Council during the war and it was there that he play- ed a role in the development of the A-bomb and also in bad-
Cuarlottetown Hotel. Dinner is.1
One Accident ls Reported
SUMMERSIDE -— Only one
Tignish Plans
I struggle raged within the Con- servative Party between its es-
' tabfished elements and the rude
new forces trying permanently to reorient its hierarchy.
The ordinary Canadian Tory. who believed that his party stood for individual responsibility, the British connection, and free en- terprise, could hardly be blam- for sadly concluding that these ideals had been placed in greater danger by Diefen~baker's tenure than by the preceding two decades of Liberaf administra-
on. RJIETORICAL RADICAL
Macdonald. Laurier. and King exploited the democratic limits of the prime mlnistership. with- out pretending they were zealous
Veneratio-n Gives
Instead of advocating a set of clear principles that might allay the pumlement of ordinary peo- ple in mid-twentieth century Canada, Diefenbaker seem bent on destroying whatever id- eologlcal boundaries remained between Canada's politics‘. p ties. It was as if he deliberately ection cam- palgns into popularity contests, trusting in his metaphysical rap- port with "the average Canad- ian" to bring him victory. Diefenbaker gave the impres- sion, particularly at election time, that he believed his auth- ority was derived, not from his flce but from the mystical contact he felt lie bad with the himself as a genuine folk hero. On the busi- ings his words appea spring instinctively from him as he exulted in his dreams for Canada, all the while blazing away against invisible viifains who, unliliic himself, had little concern for the common man. Although he had spent much of his life appealing to and try-
oentiial to leadership. mice described by Walter Dippnianin as “lfieabllltytoasemiatmattcrsintliesiocitenieinddafly events".
Iioim A. Macdonald, Sir Wilfred Lanrler, Mackenzie Klrig—wer-s vastly different personalities, but they had this in common: each man overshadow own
'DlsDAlNlI'ULLY NARROW‘ Constantly cultivating the my- ltery and isolation of ii she man in the service of a consum- ing mission. Diefenbaker in his
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approach to politics neverthe- less remained dlsdainfully nar- row. lie acted as if he believed that the nation was divided into Inert blocs of voters whose loy- tltles could be secured with the appropriate political offering. He tried to reduce complicated atlonal issues to memoi- dlogans-— the Vision. the Nation-
sented himself as having ii per- sonal monopoly over the unden- iably [owl Iiinu for which they
1‘hdmut successful of Can- d|'|pcupchodoic\cn—ih'
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party and became a unifying symbol to the nation at large. John Diefenbaker also overshad- owed his Dirty. but he became a divisive rather than I unifying lnfhience. He could not rid him-
cc . coca . and cultural Establishment. and he never even tried to comprehend
the aspirations of contemporary Fr-eifc As the leader of 1 Prairie pro-
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self of the distrust he felt for the vot
ing to become one with the av- erage Canadian, his years in of- fice changed Diefenbaker. in the 1962 election campaign. he the peo- ple. He had become a man of power. He gave the impression of bending over from a great height. rather than talking to voters on their own level, eye to
eye. VENERATION ro DISMAY The mood of the electorate has also changed. In the 1957 and 1956 oampalgns. Canada's crs been eager for the kind of Utopian administration or seem to be But in the sober circum-
ler four long winters of unem- ployment. dic vanishing Vision. the debacle of the Goyne affair. and Canada‘: plummeting prea-
bccome oopher was
ireformers. Biut Diefenbaker at- tempted to create an image
himself as a fearless purifier of the political process. He gave the nation a pragmatic adminis- -tration which, in terms of spend- ‘ increased puliic service and intrusion into society he- came the most radical govern- ment Canada ever had. Yet in
ical," as a man who wants to get to the root of things make basic changes in society. he never came ose to earning the label. If he was a radical at all, John Diefenbaker was some- thing of a rhetorical radical. who couldn't ‘live up to the ex- traordinary vislon he had of himself.
Way To Dismay
As Climax Of Defeat Is Reached
Conservative lender's appeal ran into the law of diminishing returns and multiplying public cynicism. To the unsympathetic. nomatter how eloquent or im-
er sounded a little like an aging actor nendering his 1,106th per- formance of Hamlet, trying to breathe life into a too often re- peated sodiloquy that he could no longer really believe in.
By the time he had been forc- ed into the 1963 election, Diefen- baker’: indecision and misman- agement had been publicly re- vealed by his inability to reach a sensible defense policy and by the disintegration of his cabinet. He in
of the kind of future he was of- fering his followers. Sensing this even some of his most loyal dis- ciples began to regard him as a mantobecfierished for his symbolic value. rather than for his capabilities as prime minis- 1-.
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There was. in the end, lime logic or structure in his appeal. beyond that of ii man trying to vindicate himself. A self-chai'm- ed politician. John Diefenbaker fioundered because he couldn't help believing his own legend.
NEXT: The 1057 Election
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passioned he became. Diefenba.k- pm
Ice Sports And Carnival
TIGNISH — Interest in the iceiritenniial ice Sports and Fancy Dress Carnival at Tignrish is re- ported building. The big ouid-001‘ event is slated f
aiy. A queen to rule sponsored by the Tigriiish Sports Recreation Association will be crown Saturday at 10 p.m. by E.C. Gaudetle. chairman of the village commissioners.
Judges for the fancy dress carniviall will he Rev. Floyd Mc- Gaugh, Rev. David MacDonald. Mrs. Alma Mccormac. Mrs. Roy Harper. Joe Dorsey and Miss
rgiaret Conroy
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The women's auxiliary of the iassociiiaition met in the girl's dressing rooms last Friday to make arrangements for some the events.
It was also announced that (there will be free skating for child1'en 12 years of age and under Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday afternoons. The recreat- .‘ also has several pairs of skates. which have been donated. Which “ll” available to children without skates.
Mercury Nose Dives
or next Satur-
the activities-i
beMr. A
accident was reported by the Borden and Summerside RCMP detachments over the weekend,
ed by the Summerside detach- ment, occurred shortly after noon Saturday in Miscouche.
Involved in the accident was a .62 model car owned by Leo Farrell of Lot 16 and a 1959 van owned by Ideal Dairy of Sum- merside.
Approximately $100 damage was sustained by the car while damage to the van was estimat-
ed to be $200.
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,Car Reported
The lone accident. investigat-i
The Guardian, Charlottetown, Mon. Jan. 13, 1964. 3;a;M¢gb€7l0n duriniz the week of
DR. E.W. GUPTILL
A Maritimer, Dr. Guptill was born on Grand Manan island in New Brunswick. He took his early education in the Mari- times graduating with 3 science egree firom Acadia University. ll; neceived his master's degree from Ul’lllV8lI‘SlN.y of Wielstcim Cnta-rio and his doctorate from» McGill. l He has
publisihed severali works in the field of acoustics. and 1 temperature pliysicsl
and holds a patient on radar antennae. a device which has Pl‘-0Ved PODula.r with fislierinen.
_» Lord he was pierced through by 5 the h '
~ welcome but with his face look-‘
preached by Rev. Keith I-Iobson Ness. Rev. H.E Mullen Rev. David MacDonald, Rev. r='eru' H - Dairch and Bir-own Jardine. W .h‘“’° 3° aul’-h‘°Tm¢ Plcllllfie The. combined choir was under °f Ch‘E15't except his character . direction of Mrs. Ruth Somme-rs he said. and we should be his with Mrs. Lloyd Wilkie as organ- P°"t1'31‘l5- P°0Pl€_ WEN to be Isl. Special selections were a a“fIl,‘}'let° £2‘: lélhrlls-t sh tr-io. “Give Ear Unto My Pray- ‘5 °W9d er. 0 Lord". by Mrs. Summers. lid
1) r e grace and love. steadfastnessi '1 , . - resouun. .som-um-_s 2:: the face was filled with suffering. It‘1,y Mn. Somme,‘ showed! crlimggssionland tender- WSSI 9 0V D9099 and \' t- mgfgzigggnihggn. regard. ““‘" , CHINESE FOOD 2‘. some imcs slow- ed in His ce. He will never, SPECML FULL COURSE WW; Dinner for 0ne—$l.85 Each Additional Person $1.50 Chicken Noodle Soup EEK Roll Plum Sauce Chicken Chop Suey with Sweet. and Sour Sparerlbs Chicken Fried Rice DESSERT
uirt in Jesus’ face. In conclusion he told of ChI'lS'l with arms outstretched in
mg ‘VII The s tor, w en .
% ed the reason. said’ uyou‘ -Aln'IOTId C00kl9§ cannot see the face of Christi‘ Cl"“°5" T” "F C“"°" until you fall upon your knees." EXTRA WEF333 M0“
A large congregation was pres-, i Dinner for Two $3.40 Each additional person $1.50 Dinner for Three $5.25 Each Additional Person 0!.“ Chicken Noodle Soup
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Rinks Qualify
SUMMERSIDE —- In the com- petition leading to the finals for the Crockett trophy. held at Sum- merside Curling Club on Satur» day the following two rinks qualified for participation in the bonspiel in the capital city on Wednesday, January 15.:
Winner - Skip — Vivian Sheen: Mate — Norma Mac Farlane; Second Stone —- Vii‘
Chinese Tea or Coffee Extra We Add More Food
Dinner for four $7.50 Each Additional Person $2.00 Extra We Add More Food
Ezinia Forgie; ad — N o r m a Bowness. . R“"“°"“P - Skip - Shirley 7: Queen St. " Ch’town
Dye; Mate —- Jean Spears: se- cond Stone — Rosella MacDon—
Dial -I-3910 l aid: Lead — Mary MacDonald. orders To rake out
lStolen From
?S’side Wharf
SUMl_MERSIDE —- Town police, ‘last night were seeking the. whereaboiits of a 1962 black Val-1 rant bearing Island license platesi 35101. ,
The automobile_ owned by; Fred Ar'sen.ault of Summerside,‘ is reported to have been taken: from Queen's Wharf at approx- [imatoly 7.10 last nigiht while r-sen:-iult was at his fish-, packing plant.
He said he had just gone up to the plant for a couple of min- utes and left the keys in the ignition.
While in fihe building he heard‘ a car starting. and looking out the window saw his automobile being driven away.
SUMMERSIDE BUREAU OF THE GUARDIAN
Pnince County residents last night were still trying to recov- er from a weekend cold snail! which saw lihe me1‘€W1'5' 3339 a nose~diive of 41 degrees sinw noon Fniday.
Early Friday afternoon the temperature stood at 41 above zeno but then it took a reverse trend and overnight Saturday dropped to the zero mark.
Making the weather more mis- erable were iiicicornmnyinii winds of 35 miles per hour gusting to 45 The highest gust recorded by the local RCAI-‘ met station was 48 m.p.h. some time late Saturday night or early Sunday morning.
The mercury rose to 15 above
WESTERN BRIEFS
easterly direction at 30 to 35 miles per hour with gusts to
30. Snow is also anticipated and the tentative forecast is for
. explore the possibility of obtain-
N.B. Power Development Is Of Interest
The announcement by the At- lantic Development Board that a grant of $20.000.000 is being -made to New Brunswick for a
the . viewed with interest here.
In event that additional pow- er would be required for Island purposes in future years. Robert Smith. manager of the Maritime Electric Company Limited. felt that company would certainly
lng power by submarine cable from New Brunswick.
The company had already giv- en consideratlon to "importing" power previous to its recent ex- pansion. but because of the im- mediate necessity and the fact that there would be no economic advantage the scheme was re-
four to six inches bfinniriig
ClIll.l8'l'0Plll:I FUNERAL - —- The funeral for John B. Chris be from his late residence in Tlgntsli Saturday to st. Simon and St. Jude's Church for Requiem Bigli Mass conduct- ed by the Rev. Floyd Mcdauflh The outer. Vary Rev. NJ.
I filth evening.
Rooney. was in Pallbearers we def, Henry Doucetfe. Ray Ban- dralian, Earl Gallant. John Srnythe. Wallace Ready. inter- ment was in the church ceme- wry.
the sanctuary. re: red Gan
jecfad. It was felt at that time. that a generating source here on the Island was more reliable! than a source supplied by sub- marine cable.
The hydrn project is not slated to get underway in New Bruns- wick until next year. and it
completed.
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