A. Stewart MacDonald D.F.C., MD. C..M. 
     
    
   
   
    
     came from Treatment, and the two departments worked 
     
     very well together. A few had applied for the job. I was on 
     
     the board testing the applications. When we were through, 
     
     the examiner from Ottawa looked at me and said ”I am 
     
     glad I asked the questions while we were in the office, or 
     
    

    
     I would have thought you had given him the answers. He 
     
     not only answered the questions, but quoted the section of 
     
     the act or regulation from which the answers were taken.” 
     
     Howard proved his knowledge of the Pension Act when he 
     
     became the Administrator. 
     
    

    
     I knew him for several years in the other 
     
     department but was not aware of his marked ability. He 
     
     ran an excellent office. We never had any disagreements 
     
     for the rest of my time in the Pension Department. 
     
    

    
     My first Administrator in the Treatment 
     
     Department was Ivan Hooper, a Major in the army. I 
     
     remember him showing me a picture of him standing 
     
     between Churchill and Montgomery in the battle field. He 
     
     had a great memory and seemed to know all that was in 
     
     the veterans' charts. I also knew him on the parade square 
     
     and how he could handle a parade. He was a real soldier 
     
     and knew how to handle men. He had his good sense of 
     
     humour. I recall us walking down the hall one evening 
     
     planning a trick to pull on Chester Donovan the next day, 
     
     but 10 and behold, Ivan Hooper suddenly died with a heart 
     
     attack that night. 
     
    

    
     The next Administrator was Sterling Squarebriggs, 
     
     who was a former classmate of mine when I went to Prince 
     
     of Wales College in fourth year. He was in the Navy at a 
     
     very young age (between 15 and 16) and travelled many 
     
     miles at sea, several trips through the submarine infested 
     
     waters, especially on the Murmansk run in the North 
     
     Atlantic’s icy waters. We often talked about our service 
     
     experiences. He was a very conscientious worker who 
     
    
   
   
    
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