John Diefenbaker Speaking

(Original Caption) Questions of the Soil. Ottawa, Canada: Canadian Prime Minster John Diefenbaker (right at desk) discusses the problems facing specialists in North American Agriculture with a group of United States and Canadian Cabinet members, May 9th, in his Ottawa office. With the Prime Minister are: (From left to right) Canadian Minister of Agriculture, Calvin Hamilton; Canadian Natural Resources Minster Walter Dinsdale; Livingston Merchant, The United States Ambassador to Canada; U.S. Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall; U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman; and Diefenbaker.