It was eight years since Franklin Roosevelt and Mackenzie King met at Ogdensburg, N.Y. and pledged their countries to joint action in defense of North America. The agreement still stands, but because it keeps raising questions which have to be settled at the top policy level, U.S. Defense Secretary James Forrestal was in Ottawa last week. After talking things over with his Canadian counterpart, Brooke Claxton, he planned to go to Ogdensburg with Claxton and unveil a plaque commemorating the signing of the agreement.
In Ottawa, everything went smoothly. Forrestal enjoyed a round of...
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