Canada: THE DOMINION: Tough to Take

Since Easter, Finance Minister Douglas Charles Abbott and his technical experts had worked long & hard on the budget. With Prime Minister King's O.K., Abbott laid down the general line: a tough plan, and no major tax reductions.

It was far different from a year ago, when Doug Abbott, passing out tax-reduction gifts (TIME, May 12, 1947), looked like Santa Claus. Since then the price situation had worsened. So had the international outlook. Doug Abbott had toughened with the times. He was no longer a patient listener. Many a time in budget conferences he cut short advisers with a brusque yes...

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