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ft Seems to Me HMOOD ism IT seems to that President Roosevelt might have gone even further in the spirited defense of boondoggling which he Included in his Newark speech. He might very justly have pointed to the practices of the founding fathers, and in particular to customs to which George Washington gave aid and comfort. Washington may very well be hailed not only as the father of his country, but the great ancester of boondoggling as well. I refer in particular to Federal aid for artistic

projects. Any week-end visitor to the nation's capital must be struck by the number of times Washington and his associates must have sat or stood up to be painted or sculped. Early Congresses were extremely liberal in making appropriations for the purchase of portraits and statues. The same was true of state Legislatures, particularly the Burgesses of Virginia. Williamsburg is a monument to the interest which the early colonials took in encouraging the artist. For that matter the city of Washington itself was the product

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of planned production and the whole thing was laid out in advance by a famous French architect. The notion that government aid to writers, painters and actors is wasteful and improper is strictly a development of the Harding-Coolidge-Hoover era. n n n Offices in Cathedrals RAYMOND HOOD was America’s nearest appioach to Leonardo. And it is those kinds of construction which are devoted to utilitarian purposes in which we e\cel. Our office buildings are much finer than any of our cathedrals. Indeed the Chicago Tribune Building and the American Radio Building look a good deal more like cathedrals than the edifice presided over by Bishop Manning. At this point somebody may interrupt to say that I am making out a case against myself since these things are the result of private enterprise. However, I have an ace in reserve. To my mind the finest piece of architecture in the United States is a creation of the Federal government and would never have come into being save as the result of a national plan. I refer, of course, to Norris Dam. Down in Knoxville they told me that when Jo Davidson came to the Tennessee Valley he was vastly excited by the great masterpiece in concrete. Indeed he was eager to have an opportunity to do a great heroic figure to stand at the top of the dam. He seemed to dream of some symbolic giant holding back the waters. Whether his conception included nine little men kicking at the giant’s ankles I do not know. a tt Norris Deserves Honor BUT in any case the engineers were not much in sympathy. As one of them said. “It’s a good dam the way it stands. Why clutter it up by letting the artists mix in.” But this was, I believe, purely a professional jealousy. Engineers, of course, are artists in their own right. For my part I would like to see a figure set in enduring bronze or marble somewhere about the dam. They tell me the Senator from Nebraska came several times to see his god-child and that any talk about his retiring from politics on account of age is nonsense. “We could hardly follow him when he began climbing up and down and around the dam,” the construction men told me. After all if there is to be any heroic figure standing on top of Norris who should it be but Norris?

Ickes Has Job of Replying to Smith BY RAYMOND CLAPPER WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.—One New Dealer who expects to turn his radio on when A1 Smith makes his Liberty League speech Saturday night is Secretary Ickes. The reason is that Ickes will make a speech the following night. The Administration would give a good deal to find out what Smith is going to say. But he fooled them. He refused to prepare any advance manuscript and instead will speak from notes, and ex-

temporaneous inspiration. So the man who was known among oldtime New York political reporters as the "barefoot boy of the Biltmore Hotel” may be expected to stand and deliver in his best brown derby style, despite the incumbrance of white tie and tails called for at the Liberty League dinner. a 0 0 ICKES was booked for his Sunday night speech long ago, but as he is the first Administration spokesman who will be on

his feet after the Smith masterpiece, it naturally falls upon him to return fire. Especially if Smith, as is expected, takes the public works program apart to show why it doesn’t tick. Ickes, while not preparing any general reply to Smith, can be counted upon to answer any attack on PWA. 000 HERE the outspoken Secretary' is in a most unhappy position. Because, while he is convinced that the public works theory would prove sound if it were given a proper chance, it has been loaded down with uneconomic political public works which Ickes can not defend with genuine enthusiasm. He turned down the monumental Grand Coulee Dam in the middle of a Western desert, but political pressure forced it through anyway. Similarly the Passamaquoday tide-harnessing scheme was jammed through by political pressure. The next scheme which is to be exposed is the Florida ship canal, put under way by White' House order. PWA representatives have been in Florida looking over the start and have returned pretty sick about it. Republicans are preparing to assail it as a useless piece of costly work. Such subjects, which Ickes never would have undertaken if left to his judgment, smear the whole program which, in his opinion, embraces a preponderance of practical and worthwhile undertakings—the kind that Hoover had in mind when he advocated public works as a balance wheel. 000 SENATORS and Representatives who believe something ought to be done to correct the chaos caused by the Supreme Court’s numerous vetoes of legislation are sending up an increasing number of trial balloons, to test public sentiment. Within the last few days references critical of the court’s action have been made by Senators Logan (Ky.) and Pope (Idaho), and Representatives Ayers (Mont.), Dunn (Miss.), Ramsay (W. Va.) f Maverick (Tex.), and Knute Hill (Wash.). 000 YOU expect ignorant persons, who don’t know anything about law, to be complaining about the Supreme Court/ They don’t know any better. But it is shocking to hear men like Prof. Edward S. Corwin of Princeton talking the way he does. He isn’t a New Dealer, nor a crack-pot. but one of the most distinguished authorities in the country on constitutional law. He says in the Philadelphia Record: "The court ought to be put on the spot when it subscribes to such labored and far-fetched opinions as those upon which it based its reversal of the Railway Retirement Act and AAA or when it subscribes to such *.mbiguous opinions a. c that of the Chief Justice in the poultry case.” 000 NO doubt the most cheering news to farmer*, since their liberties were restored by the killing of AAA i* the fact that Harper Sibley, president of the United States Chamber of Commerce, is holding a farm Conference here while in Washington to attend the Liberty League dinner. He's a farmer himself, you know.

EDWARD VIII—BRITAIN’S NEW KING tt tt tt tt B B B mum M As Prince of Wales He Proved Vast Empire’s Greatest Salesman

Immediately after the armistice that ended the World War, the new King of Britain—then Prinee of Wales—undertook his first treat mission by touring the British empire to solidify the far-flung domains with the throne. How well he succeeded is told in today's story, fourth of a series. BY MILTON BRONNER J QNDON, Jan. 24. (NEA) —The World War was over and victory had been won, but not in many generations had the British empire been less secure. Throughout its far-flung dominions there was a growing feeling of independence that threatened to wean them away from the crown—and wise statesmen convinced King George that Edward of Wales was the man to stem the tide. So it was in 1919 that the young Prince, then just entering manhood, was chosen to tour the world as “Britain’s royal drummer” on a mission of good will for the empire.

He faced a big task. Everywhere in the empire were troublesome forces. In Australia labor ruled the roost and labor had some republican leanings. Canada felt very much like a completely independent nation. In South Africa the age-old enmity between Briton and Boe>* was keener than ever. In India the forces of sedition were rife. B B TO George V, therefore, it was proposed that the Prince of Wales should begin his larger education—his education in the empire, its races, conflicts, problems. It was proposed, further, that he should be given a trial trip as a commercial traveler, a “royal drummer,” as it were, to “sell” the empire and the empire idea to all the nations under the British flag. The job would not be an easy one. It would require infinite tact. It would have to be done by a Prince who could also be a democrat among the democratic peoples of the empire and make a good speech on any occasion. The heir to the throne expressed himself ready for the task and in August set forth for Canada. He was an instantaneous success. The very first speeches of Edward VIII in which he referred to his valiant Canadian brothers in arms caught the fancy of the Canucks. His good looks, his democratic ways, the manner in which he danced with girls who were not of the socially elect caught the crowd. He was lionized everywhere. b b b THEN he crossed into American territory, although his itinerary was not a big one like that of his grandfather, Edward VII. Nevertheless he did pay quite a visit to Washington and New York. In the capital the Prince saw all the leading statesmen and politicians and passed a quiet half hour with our invalid President, Woodrow Wilson. He captured the public completely. He returned to England greatly pleased with the Americans. And it gave him one good story. In England, after a person is introduced to him and acknowledges him as “Your Royal Highness,” the correct form thereafter is to address him as “Sir.” In America he was continually addressed as “Prince.” “They Princed me so much,” he said with a boyish laugh, “that I

Next High Court Vacancy May Be Filled by Senator

BY HERBERT LITTLE Times Special Writer WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.—Belief is growing here that a Senator will be named to the next Supreme Court vacancy.. The intensity of the Supreme Court's issues has caused widespread speculation on the identity of future justices, even in the absence of any serious illnesses among the nine incumbents or any hi.it of retirement. Justice Lillis Van Devanter has been suffering for a week or so from what is described as a bronchial infection, but court officials expect him back at work when the court reconvenes Feb. 3. Likewise his recent purchase of a Maryland farm has been explained as having been made for his son. Mr. Van Devanter, 77. has served longest of the nine. He was appointed in 1910. Though no vacancy has existed, Senator Joe Robinson of Arkansas and Robert F. Wagner of New York have been widely discussed for more than a year as possibilities. In some circles the name of Senator E. P. Costigan of Colorado also has been mentioned. 000 OUTSIDE of the Senate, Prof. Felix Frankfurter and Prof. Thomas Reed Powell, both of Harvard, have been mentioned. Outspoken criticism of the Hoosac AAA decision by Prof. Howard Lee Mcßain of Columbia also caused comment here, because of a wide feeling in the Administration that this ruling must be reversed or circumvented if the New Deal is to be carried on.

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felt like an old pet family dog by that name.” The taskmasters who run the empire were not to allow him much breathing time. They had found in the Prince the man they needed. So in March, 1920, he set forth in a battleship for a prolonged visit to Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand, taking in the Fiji Islands on his way, and on his return stopping at Honolulu, the Panama Canal and the West Indies. b b ON his way out to Australia in April, ha for the first time crossed the equator. It is an immemorial custom of seamen to “shave” and duck all greenhorns who for the first time cross the line. They made no exceptions for the Prince. And he was not willing that they should make an exception for him. . Some of tha old tars got themselves up grotesquely as King Neptune and his court. They gave him the collar of the order of those who have crossed the line. The Prince was ready for them. To their surprise and delight, he recited a “poem” of his own private manufacture, the first lines 6f which were: “King Neptune, I am proud to wear This honorable and handsome collar; Although from all reports I hear There’s still a good deal more to foller.” There was. He was seized. His face was copiously anointed with a crude soapy lather and he was duly “shaved” with a huge wooden razor. Then he was given a wholesome ducking in a pool on the main deck of the battleship. The hit he made in Canada was repeated in Australia. The great cities of Melbourne and Sydney had never seen such crowds as poured out to welcome him. u u THE Australian veterans of the war looked upon him as one of themselves. They liked him immensely, but they were not standing on any ceremony with him. For instance, one day in New Zealand a tall ex-soldier, a sheep rancher by profession, came up to him. “Well, Jigger, what can I do for you?” asked the Prince. The man grinned. Then he said: “Excuse me, but some of the boys bet me you would not give me a cigaret.” “Tell ’em you win,” said the

But at least two new justices friendly to New Deal principles would have to be appointed—and confirmed by the Senate —before the 6-3 Hoosac ruling could be over-ruled. The bitterness arising both within and between the political parties over the issues decided by the court virtually insure a great Senate struggle over confirmation of any nominee—unless he is a Senator. The Senate has a long tradition of approving without critical or partisan opposition the appointments of Senators. In this connection, former Senator Sam G. Bratton of New Mexico is now a member of a United States Circuit Court of Appeals in the West, and might become an important candidate, especially if a place on the bench is vacated by a westerner. Justice Van Devanter is from Wyoming, Sutherland from Utah, Mcßeynolds from Tennessee. For any of these places, a candidate such as Bratton, Robinson or Costigan probably would have an advantage. The nine justices now average more than 70 years, Justice Brandeis being the oldest at 79. Four others, Justices Hughes, Van Devanter, Mcßeynolds and Sutherland, are past 70, and Justice Butler will be 70 on March 17. No Justice has retired or died during President Roosevelt’s three years in office. President Harding in a shorter term appointed four —Justices Taft, Sanborn, Sutherland and Butler. President Coolidge appointed one, Justice Stone, in seven years; President Hoover two, Justices Roberts and Cardoza, in four years.

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This 'picture, taken in Bombay, India, during the course of King Edward's good-will tour of the empire many years ago, shows the reception the then Prince of Wales was accorded there. In the inset is the King as he appeared, on his ranch in Canada.

Prince, as he smilingly handed the New Zealander the coveted cof-fin-nail. His trip in New Zealand and Tasmania was a repetition of his triumphs in Australia. He visited all the big towns. He talked empire to thousands of school children. He saw the New Zealand Alps. He went “out back” where the sheep ranches are. Everywhere he "sold” the empire. ; 000 W r HEN he concluded his.tour, he returned home after having covered 45,000 miles. But not for long did he remain in England, enjoying his horseback riding and polo at Melton Mowbray. In just a year he announced that he was going to visit India. There were grave misgivings. The Indians were in a great state of unrest. There had been numerous clashes with the British troops. Gandhi was at the height of his power as a preacher of India for the Indians. For the Prince to visit India at this time was a tremendous responsibility for the late Lord Reading, then viceroy of the vast country. But the Prince stuck to his resolution to go. He left on Oct. 26, 1921, on the battleship Renown and landed at Bombay. While he was being formally received by the English-speaking people in one part of the huge city, there were tremendous riots in the native quarter, where 50 people were killed and 250 were wounded. It was hoped that even at that late date the Prince would curtail'his visit. He did nothing of the sort. He went on to Madras,

Washington Merry-Go-Round BY DREW PEARSON and ROBERT S. ALLEN

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24. Probably if it had not been for the interest of a .ousle-headed North Carolina farm boy in soil chemistry 30 years ago, the Administration would be without its present substitute plan for the demolished and defunct AAA. The boy in question was Hugh H. Bennett, author of the Soil Erosion Act which is rescuing the New Deal from the dilemma in which it was placed by the Supreme Court’s AAA decision two weeks ago. It was while working his way through the University of North Carolina that Mr. Bennett took up the study of soil chemistry. After returning to the farm, he kept np this interest, later took a Civil Service examination and received appointment to the soil chemistry section of the Department of Agriculture. 00 Curiosity Aroused. One day he received a letter fron, an old neighbor asking why it was that the soil on a ridge was less fertile than that in the lowland. The inquiry started Mr. Bennett on a study of soil erosion. He became so impressed with the colossal toll erosion was taking of the nation’s land that he determined to devote his life to combating it. In the years that followed he succeeded in securing the enactment of the first soil conservation law in the United States. From this start he obtained the assistance of Rep. James P. Buchanan, Texas, in putting through a $150,000 appropriation for 10 soil experimentation stations. It was an obscure clause in the National Industrial Recovery Act

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where there were further riots. He reached Calcutta on Christmas Eve. A "hartal” had been proclaimed. “Hartal” is the Hindu name for a strike. The huge city of 2,000,000 people was completely tied up by the hartal. 000 OUT the Prince’s formal entry was carried out nevertheless. His path was lined with troops. There were armored cars in the side streets. The procession itself was preceded and followed by armed troops and machine guns. In the preceding 10 days over 10,000 arrests of prospective trouble makers had been made. His visit in Calcutta proceeded without untoward incident. Then he made a trip into some of the native states presided over by native rulers. Here things were more pleasant. The populace was not in sedition. The native princess gave their gorgeous receptions. The Prince had the traditional tiger hunt. He is a keen polo player and India is the home of polo. He was also introduced to the dangerous sport of wild pig sticking. He learned to use his lance with considerable agility. It was during his Indian visit that he once more showed his cool courage. He wanted to go unguarded into the native quarters of some of the big cities and have close-up talks with some of the extremist leaders, but the officials responsible for his safety would not permit it. It was with a decided sigh of relief that Lord Reading finally bade farewell to the future sovereign and saw him off on his way back to England unharmed.

—inserted at the suggestion of Mr. Bennett—that opened the way for soil protection on a large scale. The clause authorized the expenditure of Public Works funds for erosion control. Following this, PWA Administrator Ickes set up a PWA Bureau of Soil Erosion, allotted it $14,000,000, and —at the suggestion of Secretary Wallaceplaced Mr. Bennett in charge. 000 Life Saver THIS Soil Erosion Act is the present life saver in the Administration’s farm program dilemma. The law is one of the shortest ever enacted by Congress, yet it authorizes one of the most sweeping grants of power in the history of the Federal government. Under it the government, for the purpose of “preserving natural resources,” can extend financial aid to farmers, accept contributions in services or money, acquire lands, finance state, local and private conservation agencies and projects, and enter into agreements with land owners designed to further the purposes of the law. That the act is on the statute books is due chiefly to one of the strangest lobbies in the history of legislation. Its original sponsor in the House was Mrs. Isabella Greenway, wealthy Arizona congresswoman and close friend of President and Mrs. Roosevelt. She was most enthusiastic about the measure and sought the privilege of introducing it. But during committee hearings, Mrs. Greenway was put on the carpet by secretly hostile cattle and mining interests, both powerful in her state. In consequence, she suddenly withdrew her support.

IN September, 1923, incognito, as Baron Renfrew, he paid a brief visit to his Canadian ranch. It was one of the most genuine vacations he had had. The formal program was cut to the bone and he was allowed to enjoy himself in his own way as a gentleman rancher out in Alberta. On his way back as a simple passenger on a Canadian passenger liner he spent one afternoon stoking a steamer furnace. Another time he played the drums in the ship’s jazz band. In 1925 the "royal drummer” was once more pressed into service. This time his trip was to take him to South Africa and South America. As the Prince had several times crossed the equator, the crew of the battleship could not shave and duck him, but they got up a big program. One sailor was dressed up ridiculously as a woman. His face was painted a nice sea-green, as was becoming in a daughter of the waves. Another sailor struck an attitude before the Prince and recited: “O Prince of Empire, we’ve a lovely daughter Fair as the moon, you surely will agree! As you’ve no princess, don’t you think you oughter Take home a bride, a daughter of the sea?” / The Prince replied in verses of his own composition and of very much the same kidding tenor. NEXT —Hunting golf balls in hippo's tracks.

This rear attack was a severe setback and the prospects of putting the measure through sank to zero. At that moment, dust storms blew out of the West. Suddenly soil conservation was on every one’s lips. When dust clouds swept even to Washington, somnolent members of Congress woke up. Capitalizing this situation, the Administration renewed its drive and despite Mrs. Greenway’s defection the Soil Erosion Act was rushed through the House and Senate. 000 Press Adviser TT was a newspaper man from the farm belt who first suggested to Chester Davis, AAA boss, the feasibility of using the Soil Erosion Act as the basis for a substitute farm program. Davis and Wallace wanted to use some kind of conservation plan as a solution to the AAA, but they were afraid they would have trouble getting a bill through Congress. They figured it would require months of debate. Meanwhile the farm crisis demanded speedy action. It was while they faced this dilemma that J. R. Wiggins, young, curly-haired correspondent for the St. Paul Pioneer Press and Dispatch, entered the picture. He suggested the soil law as a way out. Davis knew about the act but was not familiar with its broad scope. Immediately he sent for a copy, read it and slapped his knee. “That's it, boy!” he shouted. "You hit it, Wiggins! This is the answer. It is exactly what we have been looking for.” (Copyright. 1938, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.)

By J. Carver Pusey

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Fair Enough VESIMMn LONDON, Jan. 24.—The people of London interrupted their profound mourning for King George to give themselves over to the rare old ceremony by which the accession of his son. Edward VIII, was proclaimed in all seriousness, just as if it were news. It had been more than 25 years since the last repetition of the proclamation ceremony, but they had filed away the formula and kept the costumes in mothballs, so the long and elaborate make-believe

was conducted in four parts by the city without the slightest hitch. First they broke the news at St. James’ palace, the proclamation being read by Sir Gerald Wollaston, whose title is garter king of arms. If the people there had not known beforehand that their Prince of Wales was now King, they would not have been much the wiser, because Sir Gerald's voice was drowned out by the banging of the saluting guns in St. James’ Park. Then they proceeded to Charing Cross, and a man named Russell took his turn in

reading the document. Having spread the news there, the procession rolled down the Strand to Temple Bar, where the city of London begins. The Lord M .yor met them with his staff to ask what they wanted, as though he hadn't the faintest idea, for it appears that the city of London has certain ancient rights of its own. Thus a formidable barrier—to wit, a red silk cord—had been strung across the road to keep them out until the Lord Mayor satisfied himself there was no mischief. a a He Must Have Known ‘ r T'HE Lord Mayor obviously had some inkling, beA cause he had driven up in his state coach. Seeing the King's forces approaching, his trumpeters blared an alarm, and the King’s trumpeters blared back defiantly. The city marshal hollered, “Who goes there?” and another of the King’s side, known as Bluemantle. poursuivant of arms, answered. “The officer of arms, who demands entrance to the city to proclaim his Royal Majesty Edward the Eighth.” There might have been a nasty fight there if the Lord Mayor had put up an argument, but it was only a ceremony, so he removed the silk thread and invited them to come right in. That being done, the parade pushed on a few steps to the Royal Exchange, where another distinguished Englishman had his chance to proclaim that which the whole world had known since Monday night. This one was called Norroy, king of arms. a a There Are Kings and Kings OTHER strange titles which were dusted off for the day and whose meaning nobody seemed to understand were rouge croix poursuivant. rouge dragon poursuivant and lord great chamberlain. The rites were an interlude in the mourning for King George. This sadness is very sincere. They would go through the same rites for any king, but it is easy to tell whether people are actually sorry. If old Wilhelm of Germany or Carol of Rumania should die. most of their people would be inclined to say it didn’t happen soon enough. And if George of Greece were to go, it just wouldn’t make any difference one way or another to the Greeks, but King George was one of the most conscientious public men of his time and in the late years of his life came to be regarded with more of friendship and personal respect than of awe.

Gen. Johnson Says—

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.—Not in half a century has the outlook been so nearly without form and void—here and in all the world. In most of its essentials, the New Deal is Just a panful of broken pieces. The Republican side is worse. Thus far it has less of a definite plan than the crumpled New Deal. Ordinarily, an allegation of the "mess the rascals have made” would be a sufficient Republican slogan. But not this time. The pools of distress among workers and farmers will not be satisfied by a campaign of negative criticism by that party. Its record is too bare of “attempts to help the common man” for it to attract support by just cussing its opponents and, in the good old way, proposing to the people only to “trust to the Constitution, the Flag, Mother, Home and the Grand Old Party.” The millions of unemployed and the tens of millions of their dependents are going to demand new assurances. So are depressed agriculture and jittery business. The election is certain to be an auction to the highest bidder in the coin of promises. So many promises have been broken, so many plans have failed, that glittering generality won’t do. Promises must be specific and plans plausible. Furthermore, a promise to one great class that would penalize another, will be fought more fiercely by the latter than ever before. The program must somehow balance. Too little thought is being given to these things. The Administration—sore beset—is frantically throwing together a stop-gap structure based on class hatreds and rickety at all points. The Republicans still dally with the old. old stuff. It would be a fine time to brain all brain trusts and call a joint conference of practical leaders of labor, industry, agriculture and finance, with professors as consultants—and not in command. (Copyright, 1936. by United Feature Syndicate. Inc.).

Times Books

IT is heartening that the college debaters hav* got around to contesting whether Congress or the Supreme Court shall rule America. We gather that this has happened from the publication of a volume, “Congress or the Supreme Court,” compiled by Egbert Ray Nichols and published by Noble <fe Noble, New York, in their series of “help books” for university debaters. This is a-fairly large book filled with pertinent quotations and articles by publicists, lawyers and members of Congress who have taken one side or the other in this battle. It is grand that collegians will get a chance to air both sides, we repeat. Perhaps from them will percolate a bit of the natural skepticism of youth, which undoubtedly would be of value in public consideration of this vital question and probably very destructive of the present false-face reverence of the court held by the present generation of adults. How this reverence originated is problematical. Perhaps a Fourth of July orator told us the judges could do no wrong; or perhaps weak humanity merely turned to the wrong place in seeking for an infallible God in which to place ultimate trust. a a a IF the boys and girls read Senator La Follette’s 1923 speech, maybe they'll be able to skip this blind spot. Particularly if they heed his priceless quotation from Thomas Jefferson, who compared the court'* assumption of power to that of a thief, advancing in noiseless steps until all power shall be usurped. The steps are no longer silent. We would recommend to aspiring debaters the works of Charles A. Beard, and the acute words of that great legal philosopher Oliver Wendell Holmes, instead of the congressmen and editorial writers quoted in this volume. And on the other side, John Marshall. A few hours of properly directed re'search among the court’s own decisions would be enlightening, but perhaps disastrous to the young fellow who picked out his hero and then tried to depend upon the Judge’s words for consistency. (By Herbert LittleJ W ■* *£

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