In 1952, my office was on Bay Street. There were three of us. Ralph was the boss and Mary acted as receptionist and secretary for both of us. Actually, Premier Leslie Frost was our boss, but we didn't get to see him very often.
At Christmas, Mary gave Ralph a book. He gave one to me and I gave a book to Mary. The rule was that they had to be about Canadian politics and politicians. Federal, provincial or municipal and non-fiction. We often joked about the amount of fiction in non-fiction books about politicians.
At Christmas that year, Ralph gave me a book about the state of federal politics and government between the first and second war. I enjoyed it, for in it Mackenzie King was portrayed as a scheming and devious man...which was a view I strongly held.
- Wednesday, April 30, 2008