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It Seems to Me HEYWOOD BROUN BKTNG a young man and a joiner, I might enlist ;n this youth movement if I knew the age reo airements and the purposes. Both have been left a.c vet a little vague. I think I catch the general cfr;ft —the old men have muddled up the world with their wars and their treaties, and now it is time that the young fellows were allowed to try their hand. But this conception rests upon the assumption that the new generation presents a united front in favoring radicalism or at the very least reform. It
overlooks the fact that Randolph Churchill Is miles to the right of his father and that America's young Bob breathes less flame and fire per speech than did the elder LaFollette. And surely young Teddy did not pick up the Progressive torch as it fell from the hands of T. R, nor is Brvan's lovely daughter a tower of Populism. There is no general rule, of course, and one might cite the sons of ex-Senator Bingham in proof of a theory that the children of conservatives are conditioned to left turns. I suppose the easiest hypothesis is that things go by oppo-
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eites. Here we tap into the old and familiar belief that if a minister s son goes out for a ride with a deacon's daughter, the cod munity will do well to send along a chaperone. a m m Middle-Aged Less Conservative |) UT even this convenient pattern of rebellion * * within the tribe does not give us any particular ground upon which to build a far going youth moven nt. It merely moans a rhange in the lineup and adverti < 'cnri‘’nts m the exchange columns such as: -Son of D. A. R leader will swap steel engraving of Washington crossing the Delaware for red flag hearing hammer and sickle or a dozen back copies of the Daily Worker." Recent polls conduetec by the Literary Digest seme to suggest that the average undergraduate is more liberal than his predecessor of 20 years ago. Vet even if this turns out to be a fact it will hardly rsfllre to indicate that present day ferments are largely animated bv youthful thinkers. I'm certainly willing to wager that any poll of graduates of the class of 1010. or thereabouts, will show an even greater drift, a wav from conservatism on the part of the middle-aged. I knew Lincoln Steffens when he was merely a muck-raker and Norman Thomas when h- was a social service worker. The hope of the world, as I see it. lies not in anv plan to sovietize the Columbia football team. It, would he much more useful to the radical cause to convert and capture Nicholas Murray Butler. And if you answer that the mind of Dr. Butler is mature and set I ran reply that the group of intelligence of the football team is immature and twice as . . e Oldsters Are in Hurry JUSTICE HUGHES is not yet the leader of any American radical movement but. as they .iy In the race horse charts, he "has closed an enormous gap." At the moment Mr. Chief Justice Hughes is running over college girls and bo\s in the stretch and saying plaintively, Let me through along that rail." And nobody can deny that Franklin D Roosevelt set a sizzling pace for the first three furlongs. No I won’t ag-re at all that the time has come for saving to the young men, "It's your turn to run p *hnw " I do not recognize them as breakers of inhibitions and scourgers of tradition. They are much more bound to the wheel of custom than fh p oldsters. Thev still indulge in the silly practice Os using the soap and throwing away the most useful part of the shipment. They are not saving the other words, we who have lived anywhere from 35 to 65 years on this planet are the proper guardians of its administration. We are much less patient than the lads in the youth movement. They ran afford to sit back and say. Well, majbe all things will be adjusted in time to make this a pretty good old world for our grandchildren.” Bv the time a man turns 50 or 60 he is less concerned with his grandchildren, even f he happens to have any. He wants his new world in a hurry, u. has become a galloping gradualist. " m r.*n HI m clisittte tor too youth movement I m coins to Manet not and ’"'t tor . b from one of the senior societies. I do not want ride into utopia upon a kiddy-car. Copvr’.ght. IMS*
Today s Science BY DAVID DIETZ
r-r*HE use Os copper Is increasing as a result of the 1 development of new uses for copper, the perfection of new copper alloys, including copper-steels, the development of new copper products and new methods of manufacturing them. Latest available Retires for world production, from Brandeis. Goldchmidt As Cos., London, show that it jumped from R7O 000 long tons in 1932 to 902.000 tons in 1933. The 1934 production was larger than that of 1933. Increased uses for sheet copper, it is believed, will result from the development of a process lor electro-depositing copper in thin wide.sheets. Proponents of the new method say that it has many advantages over mechanical rolling. Sheets as wide as 30 inches, as light as one ounce per square foot, of uniform thickness, and any defin'd length are now being produced. Method* arc betnc worked out to Hhnd the copper Sheer to textiles, felt, paper, fiber and composition hoards. It is hoped that some of these bonded materials will find use for the tops of automobiles. mmm \MONG the older interesting* copper products is one known as copperweld. manufactured by the Copperweld Steel Cos. Glass port. Pa. This consists of a wire with a steel interior and a copper exterior. It ts manufactured by placing a large diameter, round steel oi’let. 48 inches long, in a mold which is too large for it. The mold is sealed and placed in a •umace and heated to high temperature After removal from the furnace, molten copper is poured into the space around the steel billet. Asa result, a continuous weld is formed between the copper exterior and the steel interior. The ingot is thereafter treated as one metal. It Is hot-rolled into a wire nxi three-eighths of an inch in diameter. This rod is than cold-drawn into wire. The copperweld wire is said to have an electrical conductivity equal to 30 or 40 per cent of solid copper wire of equal dimneter. Asa result, the copper coating not only serves as a rustproof coating for the wire but can be used as a conductor of electricity. The company reports that the greater part of the signal wires on Class A railroads in the United States are made of copperweld. m m m PAUL REVERE, thanks to the poet Longfellow. Is remembered for his famous ride from Charleston to Lexington to warn the colonists that the British were coming. It is not so well known that he was the four.de- of the American copper industry. In 1800. when copper sheeting, copper bolts. pikes and braces were needed fer putting together the wooden ships then used for the Navy, there was no one in this country who knew how to make coppec malleable. Paul Revere discovered a method, received a $lO 000 loan from the government, built a factory at Canton, Mass., and installed machinery for rolling copper. Revere died in 1818. but his family staved in the copper industry. Today, his great-grandson. E. H. R. Revere, is on the board of the Revere Copper <fc Brass. Inc. Q-Is it incorrect to end a sentence with a preposition? • A—H. W. Fowler in "Modem English Usage” says: • Mo of the great English writers have used prepositions at the end of a sentence or clause. It is an old saying. ‘Never end -a sentence with a prepoeiucn* but it is a superstition not warranted bf good usage.*
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The LOVE LETTERS of NAPOLEON to MARIE LOUISE |
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN Napoleon Threatens Louise’s Father. VIA BONNE AMIE, I have arrived at Erfurt safe and sound in 22 hours. I am writing just a line to you before goin£ to bed. Adieu, mon amie. NAP. Erfurt, 25th. (April, 1813) Erfurt! What happy memories clung to the place; in this pleasant town of Saxony, over which the Thuringerwald casts Its shadow. Napoleon had erstwhile received Goethe. Here, too, in 1808, he had assembled a hast of kings in a peaceful congress, to which came as a welcome interlude a feast worthy of the gods—the performance of "La mort de Cesar" with Talma in the title part. In "Ocdipe” the words, "the friendship of a great man is a gift of the gods.” were greeted with frantic applause, so warm was the affection of Czar Alexander for Napoleon. Whereas now! Now, Napoleon was reviewing at Erfurt the Guard and a division of the Sixth Corps before marching against Alexander. From every depot throughout the Empire, by countless routes, a host of men assembled at the meeting-place appointed by the Emperor, who now had a large army at his disposal. Ma bonne amie, I have just rereived your letter of the 23rd. I am glad to hear you are taking physic in order to recover your health. The little king is well, he is a comfort to you. My health is very good. I love you and I am sure you are not aware of it. Pray write to Papa Francois not to let himself get entangled. Adieu, mon amie. Tout a toi. NAP. Erfurt, 27th, 6 p. m. (April, 1813). In Paris, Napoloen had left Schwartzenberg, his comrade in arms, in Russia, after making the following appointment to meet him: "By the beginning of May, I shall be in person on the right bank of the Elbe, with 300.000 men: Austria might raise your army in Cracovia to 150,000 men, meantime assembling 30 or 40.000 men in Bohemia; and on the day of my arrival on the Elbe, we could all debouch simultaneously against the Russians. That is the way in which we shall succeed in pacifying Europe." Thereupon, he hastened his departure for Mayence. a a a SCHWARTZENBERG had not dared to say "No” to the Emperor. But in the presence of the weak Marie Louise, of Maret, Due de Bassano, he laid stress upon the passions raised in Europe against France and the impossibility for Austria to take up arms against Germany. And contrary to Napoleon's expectation, Austria withdrew her contingent. This was but the first step toward other destinies. Ma bonnie amie. 1 am writing just a few lines. I have received your letter of April 25th. On the 29th. yesterday, we had a successful little affair at the small town of Vcsenfeld (Weissenfelst. Gen. Souham, with his division, overthrew a Russian division, 5000 to 6000 strong and killed a great many of them. My health is good. I shall sleep at Veselfeld tonight. I have joined hands with the Viceroy, who is at Mersebourg. Adio, mio bene. Tout a toi. NAP. N’aumburg, April 30th. (1813) Mon amie. I have received your letter of April 26. I am glad to hear your health Is very good. There was a great deal of rain here yesterday, and it disagreed with me. Now’ the sun is shining. I am just riding off. Give two kisses to my son. Adio, mio bene. Tout a toi. NAP. Vesenfeld, May Ist, 10 a. m. (1813
_r he DAILY WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND By Drew Pearson aftd Robert S. Allen —
WASHINGTON, March 5.—A neat plan has been worked out to kick penial J. Crawford Biggs upstairs and out of the allimportant job as Solicitor General of the Justice Department. The plan is to make him judge of the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia where he will no longer have to present delicate questions of New Deal constitutionality before the Supreme Court.
The difficulty is, however, that no vacancy now exists on the Court of Appeals bench. To remedy this, a bill has been introduced creating another judgeship. This, in turn, has run afoul of Texas' Rep. Tom Blanton, who says—with some justice—that no new judges are needed, that making a place for Mr. Biggs is pure extravagance, and that once a judgeship is created it will never be abolished. So far Tom has been adamant. But immediately after he expressed his opposition. Mrs. Blanton was invited to lunch at the White House. b u b Commerce secretary DAN ROPER has indisputable evidence that his campaign to publicize himself is necessary. He was an honor guest the other night at a banquet in the capital. A fnend introduced him to Josh Lee. rookie Democratic Congressman and former head of the public speaking department of the University of Oklahoma. "Mr. Roper is Secretary of Commerce." the friend explained. “I am glad to meet you. Mr. Roper,'* Mr. Lee said. "You are secretary of the Washington Chamber of Commerce?" "No. no.” corrected the friend. "Mr. Roper is Secretary of Commerce. You know, a member of the President a Cabinet."
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With the troops of both Russia and Prussia in the field against Napoleon, there eame to him word of Austria's withdrawal of her contingent sumiortinc France. Incensed at this, Bonaparte wrote to Marie Louise to caution her father, the Austrian Emperor, against betrayal of him. The note urged her to point out that Bonaparte had at his command a million men. And indeed he had. His military power was terrifyingly impressive. Scenes such as the one portrayed in the painting by H. Bell ange and Dauzats, reproduced above, were a daily sight in the streets of Paris.
Souham, in command of Ney's rear guard, was on the march toward Weissenfels when at 2 p. m., on April 29th, he was confronted by a Russian division under Lanskoi. Though having no cavalry, he overthrew and battered it with his 12 guns, supported by sharpshooters posted in ravines. * The charges of the Russian cavalry were broken by the French battalions who had formed squares. And as the Russians still clung to the little town of Weissenfels. Souham's men charged them, bearing their shakoes on the end of their guns, and dislodged them, shouting "Vive l'Empereur." Napoleon made his entry the next day into the captured townlet. Ma bonne amie. I have just received your letter. You can acknowledge receipt of the Archchancellor’s letter the first time. After that, you will have your letters written by the Archchancellory. to whom you will send his reports. You can have a letter written to Madame de Montesquiou. telling her that the next time there is an appointment of ladies-in-waiting, her name will be put before me. Write and tell papa Francois not to allow’ himself to be led away by the hatred his wife bears us, that it would be fatal to himself and a source of many calamities. I was sadly grieved at the death of the Duke of Istria. it was a great shock to me. He went out with the skirmishers without any good reason, partly out of curosity, the first cannon-ball killed him outright. Have some message sent to his poor wife. My health is very good. Have the Vice-Reine informed that the Viceroy is in good health. Adieu, mon amie. Tout a toi. NAF. Lutzen, May 2nd. (1813) a a a NAPOLEON left Wiessenfels on May Ist at 9 a. m. On his way to Lutzen he had a skirmish with Wintzingerode at Pozerna. The affair was prompt and successful. From a height, field-glass in hand. Marshal Bessieres. Duke of Istria. wrapped in his cloak, was watching the retreat of the Russians, when a can-non-ball knocked him over. "A very great loss!" exclaimed Napoleon. ‘ Bessieres deserved to die likp Turenne. An enviable death.’’ As for the Empress of Austria, whose hatred had not. abated, Napoleon had a surprise ready for her by the next day;
Daly’s present troop -*-* movements against Abyssinia is one of the worst diplomatic deals in recent European dickering. Many people have guessed at it, but substantiating evidence is contained in the secret files *>f the State Department. When the first skirmish occurred between Italian and Abyssinian troops. Mussolini roared that Italy was in the right. Witnesses report, however, his troops fired first, and they were on Abyssinian soil. These were the reports received at the League of Nations from neutral officers who were on the epot. However, when Abyssinia endeavored to place her dispute before the Council of the League, it was subtly made known that France would vote against her. This, perhaps was to be expected in view of the Laval-Mussolini concord. But in addition to this, it was made known that Great Britain would vote against her. In other words, the French and British had agreed that since there were no more colonies to be doled out to Italy—except at their expense—Mussolini was to expand at the expense of the only independent country in Africa.
INDIANAPOLIS, TUESDAY, JIARCH 5,1935
Ma bonne amie, It is eleven at night: I am very tired. I have gained a complete victory over the Russian and Prussian armies under Emperor Alexander and King of Prussia. I lost 10,000 men, killed and wounded. My troops covered themselves with glory and proved of their love in a way that went to my heart. Kiss my son. I am in very good health. Adieu, ma bonne Louise. Tout a toi. Nap. (Lutzen, May 2nd, 1813 J Ma bonne amie. I am sending you particulars of the battle. Have them inserted in the Moniteur. My health is very good. The whole of my household are well. One of my orderly officers, Berenger, was struck by a bullet which wounded him slightly. Adieu, mon ami, write in Italian by telegraph. Nap. Tegau (?), May 4th. (16.13). An official despatch, dated May 2nd, informed the Queen-Empress and Regent of the details of the Battle of Lutzen. The Czar and the King of Prussia, hearing that the French army was debouching from Thuringia, moved forward to confront it and take up strong positions. But this scheme was frustrated by the rapidity of the advance. On May 2, the French army was advancing through the plain, with its left wing under Prince Eugene resting on the Ester; its center under Ney was at Kaia, while Napoleon with his Guard occupied Lutzen. Lauriston, on the extreme left, swerved in the direction of Leipzig, in order to confuse the enemy. a a a TT7HILE the armies of the Al- ' ' lies were debouching, in deep columns, on Kaia, Napoleon swung his army around, crossed to the right bank of the Ester, and took the enemy in the rear. Ney held his own against furious onslaughts at the village of Kaia, which was taken and retaken several times. At the moment when the Russians and Prussians were heavily engaged, Gen. Bertrand launched an attack on their rear. The battle was won. The French occupied the heights whence the Czar and the King of Prussia had watched the battle. Owing to the lack of cavalry, the pursuit of the defeated enemy could be carried on for a distance of only one and a half leagues. "Maman Behatrice.” the Austrian Empress—what cold and
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calculated irony lies in these appellations!—was invited to take cognizance of the bulletin announcing this victory which the Emperor sent to Marie Louise. And, as it turned out, the Court of Vienna, startled by the turn of events and apprehensive, presently sent Metternich to pay his compliments to the French ambassador, and after that dispatched a plenipotentiary to the victor. In dealing with "Papa Francois,” Napoleon had recourse to methods of intimidation. Ma bonne amie, I have received your letter of April 30th. I was rejoiced to hear what you tell me of my son and of your health. Mine is very good. The weather is very fine. I am pushing on in pursuit of the enemy, who has taken to flight everywhere and in great haste. Papa Francois is not behaving very well and has withdrawn his contingent and wants to maintain it as a threat against me. Send for M. Fleuret (Floret) and say to him: “They are trying to entice my father against us. I have sent for you to ask you to write to him that the Emperor is fully prepared, he has 1 million men under arms and I foresee, if my father listens to all the Empress’s prating, that he is laying up many calamities for himself. He does not know this nation, its attachment to the Emperor and its energy. Tell my father from me, as his beloved daughter, who takes such interest in him and in the land of her birth that if my father allows himself to be overpersuaded, the French will be in Vienna before September and that he will have forfeited the friendship of a man who is deeply attached to him.” Write to him yourself to the same
I COVER THE WORLD a a a a a a By William Philip Simms
WASHINGTON, March s.—Anxiety continues to mount here lest blood, at any moment, begin again to flow in sorely beset Cuba. Deserted by his strongest cabinet members, sniped by most of the warring political factions, and supported only by some of his own party and Col. Fulgencio Batista’s army, the days of President Mendieta seem numbered. Almost certainly a revolutionary dictatorship would be set up in his place. Either Col. Batista would seize the power and hold it if necessary with machine guns, or anew type of government might try its hand at ruling the country along semi-fascist lines. In a communication to the writer, Dr. Cosme De La Torriente, former secretary of state, declared he and Dr. Raul De Cardenas, secretary of justice, had resigned due to differences over the coming presidential elections.
By George Clark
effect in his own interest more than in mine, for I have seen the way his mind has been working this long while and I am prepared. Adio, mio dol ce a more. Nap. Boma, May sth (1813) a a a IyON AMIE, I am sending you ■*“*-*- the army order; you will see that all is well. My health is very good, the weather very fine. We are in a country intersected with little hills like those at Baruth (Bayreuth). I shall be within 6 leagues of Dresden this evening. Adio, mio bene. Tout a toi. NAP. W(ils)dorf (?), May 6th (1813). Ma bonne amie. I am writing to you from Dresden. My health is very good. My affairs are in good shape. I am glad to see by your letter that the little King is well and that your health is improving. Adieu, mon amie. Tout a toi. NAP. V(enheim), May 7th (1813). Ma bonnie amie, I have receded your letter of the 2nd. I hope you will have heard by yesterday the news of the victory of Lutzen. My health is very good. The weather is very fine this morning; I am nearing Dresden; my outposts are within 4 leagues of it. Adieu, mio bene. Tout a toi. NAP. Nossen (?), May Bth, 9 a. m. (1813). Next “Your Father Will Be Given a Good Drubbing.” (Copyright, 1935, In France by Bibliotheaue Nationale: In all other countries by United Feature Syndicate, Inc. Reproduction either in whole or in part prohibited. All rights reserved.)
PRESIDENT MENDIETA previously told this correspondent that his one great aim is to bring about a fair election in which all parties would be represented. After that, he said, he would turn the reins over to whatever government the people, by their vote, demonstrated they wanted. But President Mendieta has been unable to get three of the five principal factions to co-operate. Twice the elections have had to be postponed. The last date set was Sunday, March 3. Confronted by this ‘'strike” of the opposition parties, he has made up his mind to go ahead with the elections regardless. Secretaries De la Torriente and De Cardenas opposed this program. They held it was imperative to get the co-operation of the ABC. Menocalistas, Autenticos, Accion Republicana and the Union Nacionalistas—or at least a majority of these parties—to name candidates. "Up to the present.” said Dr. Torriente, "these purposes have not been realized. An election of delegates to the constituent assembly, in which only the Union Nacionalistas and perhaps the Accion Republicana take part, can not be said to be truly representative of the revolutionary sectors of the New York junta that fought against the old tyranny.” BUB HE and Dr. Cardenas urged President Mendieta to summon all the sectors to the palace for a conference and let the will of the majority, if patriotic, rule. Otherwise the president would continue in power until political normalcy is re-established. The ABCs are the revolutionaries who fought in secret for the overthrow of Dictator Machado They are now split into several factions.
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Fair Enough WESntRODK PEGLER WASHINGTON, D. C., March 4.—Many citizens of our fair republic who enjoy the spectacle of a noble public servant sizzling in the grease are impatient for the beginning of the inquiry into the business affairs of Mr. James Farley which has been demanded by Senator Huey Long. The investigation is expected to develop some moments of high gaiety, particularly when Senator Long gets onto the topic of the souvenir postage stamps which Mr. Farley presented to President Roosevelt, Uncle Louie Howe,
Harold L. Ickes and himself, with the best regards of an old pal. It is not essential to the artistic success of the investigation that Senator Long turn up anything on Mr. Farley to support his interesting announcement delivered on the floor of the Senate that he was prepared to prove that Mr. Farley was a crook. Aside from the matter of his honesty, Mr. Farley seems much too smart to have slipped himself anv aces in the course of the New Deal. He would surely remember the sad fate of his old pal, Jimmy Walker in New York and put up an extraordinary re-
sistance. But Senator Long is one who does not bother with evidence or facts when he is conducting an inquiry. The purpose of the investigation will be to put Mr. Farley in the grease and splash hot grease on Mr. Roosevelt, and Senator Long has his own methods. If he could get a select committee of his own to run the investigation the performance would be much better because then he would be subject to practically no restrictions. He could bring in dope peddlers, pick-pockets, ladies of the pavements and private detectives by the score as he did a few months ago in New Oileans when he was investigating some enemies down there, and ask them to tell their life-stories in their own way When the New Orleans investigation was over there was no connection between these memoirs recited over the air, and the matter under investigation, and nothing was done. n a a Huey's Style Will Be Cramped TF the inquiry is conducted by the Senate postoffice 1 committee. Senator Long's natural style will be cramped considerably. He has no place on any committee, himself, having said all nght, to hell with committees, the time he got sore at the Presi dent early in the Administration. But as a Senator, he would still have a right to appear at the hearings of the postoffice committee to ask quest lons mako insinuations and call police crooks. He did this very effectively last winter as a guest inquisitor before a committee on which he had no place, and there is a promise of some great moments when Mr. Farley takes the stand and sits there while Huey burns him. One admirable thing about the Senate is that its immunities permit a statesman to blackguard any citizen without legal responsibility, and with no fear of the consequences unless the citizens happen to be tough enough to catch him outside somewhere and pop him on the nose. Mr. Farley might do this, of course, and that would add much to the investigation. The Senator’s corps of bodyguards would not be much use to him in such a case, because if it; comes down to a contest between bodyguards, Farley could borrow Mr. John Broderick, the tour? cop from the New York Police Department. Mr. Broderick is so tough that he used to be assigned to bodyguard Jack Dempsey so that unauthorized persons would not take informal pokes at the heavyweight champion who was known .is the man-killer. Mr. Broderick no doubt would consider it a great honor and pleasure to be assigned to muss up Senator Long’s bodyguards for Mr. Farley. Huey is a master of cruel suspense. He proposed his inquiry and was promiseef he could have it, and then went away to Louisiana to hold another special session of his Legislature. This leaves Mr. Farley waiting and fidgeting, and if you think it is any fun. for a statesman to wait knowing that Senator Long is going to start poking into his affairs under senatorial immunity you have a strange taste in pleasures/ a a a Entertaining But Unimportant THE high spot of the entertainment, of course, will be the matter of the souvenir postage stamps. It is by no means sure that other postmasters general did not deal themselves and their friends a few souvenir sheets of freak stamps, but Mr. Farley in his great big, cordial and somewhat dumb way announced his gifts to the whole world. He did not know the stamps possessed a fabulous value among the 9,000,000 American stamp nuts, but as to whether Mr. Roosevelt knew the value of the stamps you will have to guess. Mr. Roosevelt was a stamp-collector himself and Senator Long, being very disrespectful, will be sure to poke into this phase of the great stamp incident with none of that restraint upon him which a normal Senator would feel. Moreover, he will want to know just how many other old pals received souvenir sheets and precisely what became of each sheet. It is bound to be a great investigation and crowned with entertainment, though otherwise of no importance. The other Democratic statesmen who would wish to avoid this embarrassment are afraid to fight Senator Long. It does no good to make counter accusations against him because everybody knows what Senator Long is. He just goes around calling others the same things and that is what makes them wild. (Copyright. 1935, by United Feature Syndicate. Inc.)
Your Health BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN AT this season of year, the diseases most particularly prevalent are meningitis, measles, and scarlet fever. Cases of meningitis are now being reported throughout the country, particularly where persons are crowded together in barracks. There have been cases in Kentucky among workers in government camps. Cases also have been reported throughout the country in barracks in which men on relief are being crowded together. Since meningitis spreads from person to person, the crowding of human beings in shelter houses under bad sanitary conditions inevitably sets up trouble with this disease. The men who come into such shelters are not usually examined to determine the presence of an infection or even of the likelihood that they may be carrying an infection. Laboratory tests are necessary to determine the presence of carriers who move from place to place, spreading the disease. B a u MENINGITIS is caused by a germ. This germ may be carried in nose and throat by healthy persons who spread it to others. During cold weather, the close contacts brought about by living indoors and the increased spreading of the secretions of the nose and throat, due to coughs and colds, step up the meningitis rate. Meningitis is always more prevalent among the poor who live in close quarters and In conditions of bad sanitation. b n b FORTUNATELY a serum has been developed which may be injected into the spine in cases of meningitis. and acts specifically against the germs and their poisons. It is now recognized that there are several varieties of meningitis and new types of serum are being developed to meet different varieties of the disease. Health officers and persons in charge of the shelters in which these cases develop must avoid overcrowding if possible. There should be sufficient space between beds to prevent spreading of germs from one person to another by ordinary coughing and sneezing.
Westbrook Fegler