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...Canadian policy was set forth in a more direct and specific form than the British position. As stated by External Affairs Chief Lester Bowles Pearson, and discussed privately by Ottawa officials, Canada's view ef the situation added up to this...
...candidates for the committee are: William H. Aaron, George S. Abrams, Carmel J. Cohen, Howard L. Kastel, Martin K. King, Joshua M. Levin, Harold S. Levy, H. Lester Medlinsky, Reid B. Morrison, Albert E. Neisser, Bruce D. Phillips, Dirk H. Post, Robert L. Shapiro, Thomas W. Tavenner, and Leonard B. Weingarten...
...year-old Negro foundry worker named George Messengill decided that opportunity was knocking-the big prize was a four-year college scholarship. His wife Claire, a comely, red-haired white woman, agreed that it would be a wonderful chance for their 2½-year-old boy, Lester. Since the winning baby's popularity was to be decided by the sales of admission tickets, George began a one-man ticket-selling campaign...
...Little Lester, who had passed the "health & beauty" aspects of the contest earlier with flying colors (on the basis of doctors' measurements), was named Detroit's "grand-prize baby"-winner over 5,244 other Detroit children...
...George followed her. Until then, those in charge of the contest had had no intimation that the winner was the child of an interracial marriage. Fearing trouble, one of the judges hastily called, "Only one parent on the stage, please!" Otherwise, the discovery made no difference to the judge. Lester got his scholarship, a crown, a big silver cup, and a trip to Jim Crow Miami for the whole family. Said father George Messengill proudly: "The selection of Lester will go a long way to solving the racial problem...