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Huey DiSddinS Editors

INSTEAD of -frecke-harded name caller with
red hair his and a sawed-of pool-cue
under his desk, dealing in the quick plain words
that people understand, the editorial writer has be-
come a trimmed, mortarboard type, strutting
his philosophy and economics in columns sailed with
little quotes from unknown classics and words like
sophistry, Chauvinism ard hduciary, all to the
greater glory and popularity of the comic strip.
The average American, being, Gen. Pershing
once remarked too dumb to pour paint out of his
own hat, seldom reads The editorials and when he
does gets hell because he thinks the paper
is making mugg of that which he likes to regard
his intelligence. SO. far from tagging along with
the papers editorial policy, he his resentment
until election day and then takes his revenge in
smearing every candidate and proposition on the
ballot which has the Endorsement of the press.
Nowadays, in Louisiana, the daily papers are
without influence against Huey Long, who beats them
to the people with loW-down, popular oratory and
crawS up in their laps to overcome the high-sound-
ing indignation of the press with intimate assur-
ances that everything they say against him is just
a pack Of lies.
Huey is what he is and your correspondent needs
no telling what he is. Blu as between Huey Long
and Royal s. Copeland neither right wrong the
citizens would choose quickly Rather go to hell
with wild man than nowhere with the all-Aneri-
can compromise
Copyright, 1885 by United Feature Syndicate Incl
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Words Without Meaning

ONCE the heyday Of Warren G. Harding master
~ that he was of words without meaning, the
other handed or cotton-tail type of statesman has
almost driven from public life that sort which, to
borrow word from Huey, himself, may be described
as the polecat breed.
Mr.. Harding used to humble about the founding
fathers and normally and you would thresh down
eIl his state papers and never find yes" that
wasn't accompanied by its own no" He wouldn't
commit himself to the time of the day off hatful
of watches and his timidity spread to the minor
statesmen and even the journalists in Washington.
To your correspondent, the announcement that
both sides of a political campaign had agreed to
avoid personalities and keep the contest on high
plane has always suggested not much nobility OF
purpose and dignity of character a conspiracy of
silence and mutual fear that personal campaign,
conducted a low, human plane, would smear
them all Of course, a national campaign conducted
the proposition that Of the culpritS is wife
beaten and the other secret numSmatlSt might not
bring out the best qualities of either and might result
in the election of very unfit public servants.
But still looking over the blank bewidered faces
of the House of Representatives and peering down at
Royal S. Copeland, the yardstick of mediOcrity, in
the Senate one entertains a belief that the result
couldn't be much worse and a hope that it would be
a little better.
The same change has come over the newspapers,
both edtoriay and in their handling of in the
last 20 years. Not since the World War; when the
courts and it therefore safe to denounce him in
fearless terms nave the papers dealt with an OPP
ponent or a menace in the robust language which
now falls so enoyably from the lips of Long, john
son and Coughlin.
The laws of libel and the alertness of the genteel
responsible for this moderation but not altogether
For the rest it is due to an intellectual dudishneSs
and desire to be considered nice by the better
element in the community.
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legged frauds against Indians in
the. OzarkS, the Justice Depart
ment consented to drop the case.
When Mr.. Ickes' New Deal for
Puerto Rico wants action against
the big sugar companies, he runs
up against the inactivity of Mr..
Cummings attorney general for
Puerto Rico, whom Homer will
not remove. And when Mr.. Ickes'
lawyers want to push prosecution
of hot oil cases through district
attorneys to direct action, Mr..
Cummings makes them run the
gantlet of his red tape.
A similar row exists between
the departments of agriculture
and justice because of the latter's
lethargy in handling its cases.
A MOTHER row has been that
L n between Mr.. Ickes and Mr..
Farley. This started when Mr..
Farley put his Man Friday, pudgy
Emil Hurja, in the Interior De-
partment to load it with deserv-
ing Democrats. Mr.. Ickes objected
unless the Democrats also we're
qualified to office. Finally he
ousted Mr.. Hurja.
Recently this feud has shown
at least outward signs of a truce.
The Postmaster General is re-
ported grateful that his Cabinet
colleague did not turn up any
damagirg evidence in response to
the Huey Long resolution.
Another undercover feud-al-
though it never breaks forth in
harsh words-is that between
Assistant President" Richberg
and Miss Frances Perkins. The
Secretary of Labor resents the
fact that Mr.. Richberg handles
LABOR disputes WHICH IISII4u4Iy Ao44
under her department.
Some attribute this constant
feuding to the fact that Mr..
Roosevelt's Cabinet was picked to
include representatives Of the
heterogeneous protest vote which
elected him. 1t includes both po-
litical parties, even different fac
tons within those parties.
Whether or not this is the cause,
it is universally agreed that not
since the internal troubles of the
Harding administration has inter-
Cabinet pickering been so pro-
nounced.
Copyright. 1885, BY United Feature
Syndicate, Inc
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Nov obviously Father Coughlin did not disdain.
~ on the contrary he stopped and almost split
his Csssock The device is familiar one. 1t is that
~ the man who lacks the nerve 10 make any frank
and fortnight charge but merely hints that he could
n he would.
The reference INDUCED in over the radio by the
good father makes It impossible for the victim to
answer. He has been pointed at by wavering finger
OF suspicion.
While I do not hold that politics or economics is
z game like tennis and that there should be some
rules and traditions Of craftsmanship still think
IL is not too much to ask sO-called leader of public
thought not to adopt the tactics Of tabloid gossip
On the whole IL must be admitted that the great
three-cornered debate did not quite come up to
exnectatiOns. The original notion that three
public figures going the air in order to dis
cuss the problems of the nation. Instead they dis
cuSsed their own symptoms, their whims and their
phobiss.
The bout which was advertised as a battle-royal
turned out TO be bsck-fence brawl.
Copyright. 1885,
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Your Health
by DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN-

NNE of the most dramatic operations IN medicine
~ is that which involves cutting into the body OF
a prospective mother to remove her child
All sorts of superstitions associated with COM
mon knowledge of this operation 1t is said to have
been called the Cesarean operation because JULIUS
Caesar it was believed, was born by that method.
The first actual Cesarean operation which can
be authenticated was one which took place in Ger
many in 1910 1t is conceivable that the operation
had been done before that time, but those cases are
not authenticated.
the 18th century.
TOR a long time there was considerable argu-
Il nent among surgeons as to whether the abb
domen should be sewed up or kept together with
adhesive tape after the operation. Then gradually
stitching came into general use.
First authentic record of successful Cesarean
operation in England with both mother and child
living, was recorded in 1913.
Possibly the first Cesarean operation successfully
performed in the United States done in 1922
However, there is good record of case per-
formed in 1894 by DR.. Jesse Bennett Of Virginia.
This case was not reported at in medical rec
ords since the doctor had performed the operation
on his wife
TN that operation the patient stretched on
i crude table consisting of two pla%ks and put
under the influence of large dose Of opium. The
doctor did the operation himself and sewed up the
wounds. The patient survived and the child,
daughter is said to have lived to be 70 years Of age
These are remarkable records and indicate the
tremendous handicaps overcome by our pioneer sur
geons in their efforts to meet the needs OF the Ill
under primitive conditions.
Surgeons work today in hospitals finely equipped
They have the benefit of numerous anesthetcs
suited to the individual case
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NAPOLEON hoped very soon
L ' to be rid of all our enemies"
and had expressed his sympathy
for the fine, honest man. his
father-in who had been so
frequently betrayed.
Let us see how on that very
day March u his honest father
in-law responded to the En-
peror's sympathy. Suspected by
his allies of half-heartednesS, he
had to sign solemn declaration
binding him for 20 years. Each
of the four allies, England, Aus
tria, Prussia and Russia, under
took to keep up an army of $780,
900 men for the duration Of hos
tilities. This prelude to the Holy
Alliance-for the league of four
laid claim to holiness "-was the
work of Lord Castlereagh.
The Emeror's letters show that
he had no cognizance of this
event. Indeed, next day, on March
2, we find him urging his wife
to write to the Emperor of Aus
tria and ask him to be "a little on
our side"
Marie Louise responded to the
Emperor'S love, but in the man
ner of a spoiled. capricious child.
L got up in very bad temper to-
day" she had written in her travel
diary short time before. L
have no news from the Emperor.
He is so casual in his ways. I can
see he is forgetting me. Oh, it's
only women who are really con-
stant in their love; men are so
unreliable"
1t is with trivialitieS that Marie
Louise regales her husband at the
very moment when his throne is
tottering to its fall. Napoleon,
answering her letters amid the
din and turmoil of the battlefield,
takes the opportunity to inculcate
some admirable lessons of phil
osophy, not to say morality.
Ma bonnie annie, have just re-
ceived your letter of March LIST.
I was sorry to hear that Madame
MOntesquiOu had made a scene
that annoyed you; it was a piece
of fOrgetfulnesS on her part, she
is so good to the little King that
you will forget it and always be
kind to her. What has been said
about Madame AvalOtte ~ is very
ill-natured; such talk is infamous,
for nothing more is needed to
bring into ridicule and contempt
worthy and deserving people who
are highly virtuOus and quite
blameleSs. The Duchess, who is
such an upright woman, should be
the first to diSapprOve of such ILL
natured talk, which affects wOm-
ems happiness so deeply. 1t would
be better to stab such young
women with knife than to coun-
tenance such rumOrs which dis
honor them and make them ridic-
ulouS and repulSive.
Write to your father and urge
him to be little bit on our side,
and particularly not to heed the
Russians and English. The enemy
is falling back on La Ferte- million.
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same heresy. To me II has always seemed that they
vent after the tokens Of our industrial civilization
and neglected tire foundation. In other words they
are fascinated bv the leaves that they trip and
stumble over the roots And no man or woman has
ever made brief discourse the subject Of money.
The famous farmhouse dinner attended by DR.. Writ
featured just such a mOnOlOgue I remember
Senator Reed was crOss-examinlng one Of the young
women who had testified that conversation
literally impossible because Dr. Writ continued in
unbrOken stream Of words for some three ard half
hours. How can anybody possibly talk three and
hall hours without a break Numbered the in
quisitor- Now won't YOU admit that that is most
unlikely story2" But said the witness, DIR. Writ
was talking about money
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the Sands Point Club last year although. In the
meanwhile his Louisiana cannons or Shock-troops
have bent many blackjack many citizens
haircut in the simple routine of government under
the dictator The general and the priest dish 1t,
too, but both have shown the same sensitiveness
when it comes their turn to catch. Thus, one dead
cat deserving another, the months to come give
promise of one of the most fascinating exhibitions of
calling and -anotherng in the experience
of men now living.
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Today S Science
by DAVID DIETZ-

MANKIND moved step nearer to the duplication
WI Of life processes in the laboratory with the
direct production will of left-handed or right
handed molecules by Prof. Tenney l.. Davis and
Robert Heggie of the Department of Chemistry of
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Such mole
cules are known scientifically as "unsymmetrical
molecules
Nature has always produced such molecules in
plants and animals Familiar examples sugar.
nicotine, caffeine. csmphor and quinine. Important
ones produced within the human body include
thvroxine manufactured by the thyroid gland, and
epinephrlne. produced by the sdrenal gland.
Such molecules are known "Optioaly active"
because Of their effect upon beam Of light which is
vibrating in one plane only. Moonlight consists
chiefly OF pOlsrized light and dffuse sunlight
tsins a large proportion of it,
These substances as found in nature always
tate the beam Of light in the direction. Thus,
for example nicotine always rotstes the light to the
left Some sugars rotate It 70 the left others TO the
right. Both thyoXine and epinephrlne. as they oc-
IN the human body, rotate polarized light TO the
left
But when these substances were manufactured
srtifcislv or SyntheSzedr the laboratory. forms
obtained which had no effect on polarized light
CONSEQUENTLY it was shown that the synthetic
- forms had no effect upon polari1ed light because
they were mixtures OF molecules some Of which
turned the right the kinds neutralizng each
other. Methods we're developed for separating the
two kinds.
Furthermore it was shown that these molecules
we're unSymmetricsl in shape and that the two kinds
resembled each other in the same way that per-
sons left and right hands resemble each other
Nov the difference between left-hanoed mole
Cule and right-han6ed molecule can be very great
though the two molecules consist Of exactly the
same kind Of atoms arranged in the same pattern
Thus, for example. certain sugar very sweet 70 the
taste. may consist OF left-handed molecules The
rghthanded counterpart Of this sugar is absolutely
taSteleSS.
THE first report Of success IN tts field from
Greece last year when Greek scientists at the
University Of Athens reported that they could pro-
OFFICIALLY active molecules with the aid Of polar
lied light. They succeeded in getting carbon COM
pounds combine with chlorine TO form such mole
cule.
Davis and Heggie in achieving the second syn
lnesis Of unsymmetr'csl molecules with the aid of
posrized light have come step nearer TO the dupli-
cation Of compounds which 90 occur in nature
They made OF what is known as a circularly
poiarized beam OF light. This Is a twisted beam.
They permitted bromine 70 combine with trini-
trostilbene in solution irradiated by such beam
81 light The result the formation OF trinitroStil
bsne-dibromide which was OFFICIALLY active.
(Which is the Oldest inhabited cty7
A-Dazuascus. in syria is reputed 70 be the oldest
continuously Inhabited city in tbs world
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My health is good. Adieu mon
annie.
Nap.
Jouarre, March 2nd, noon. (1814)
Ferte-sous- JOuarre, 3rd, a. m.
March, 1910
Ma bonnie Louise, I have re-
ceived your letter of the End. /
am sorry to see you pay attention
to silly people. Never argue with
anybody; it is unworthy of you.
It was ilI-mannered of Madame
MOnteSquiOu to lose her temper in
your presence. If she had quar-
rel with the Duchess, they should
have had it out away from you;
never argue with Madame Memoir
ancy (?). 1t all SmackS of small
minded women, and is unworthy
of your nature. Never argue with
anyone about all this, but hold
the Minister of Police and all the
Ministers at distance. In this
country people are only too ready
to eat out of your hand. Above
all be cheerful and look after your
health. Mine is good. Adieu,
mon annie. Tout a tot.
Nap.
TIOW is it that Marie Louise
u n failed to realize the unSeem-
illness of writing to Caroline Bona
parte, Queen of Naples, after the
perfidy of Murat, her husband?
For Napoleon had learned, IL days
before. on unimpeachable author
ity, that his brother in-law, in
order to retain the throne of
Naples, had gone to the enemy.
Mon annie, You ask me whether
you should write to the Queen OF
Naples. My answer is No: she be-
haved improperly towards me who
of a mere nobody made Queen.
My health is good. 1 am pursu-
ing Bluker, who is much exposed.
Be contented and cheerful, my af-
fairs are going pretty well. Tout
tot. Nap.
Beirut Saint German, March 4th.
(1814)
After his defeat Butcher had
fallen back through Rheims on
Chalons where dangerous two di-
visions, coming from Mainz, had
joined him. At the same time a
third great army, the Northern
army, after crossing Belgium had
entered the battle-area; it was
composed of Russian troops led by
Wintzingerode, Woronzoff and
Strogonow, and Bulow's Prussian
division.
Napoleon marched against these
new adversarieS. At a. m. on
March Generals Corbineau and
Laferriere launched a surprise at
tack on the four enemy battalions
garrisoning Rheims, and took
them prisoner.
Nansouty stormed the bridge
at Berry-au-Bac and 200 troop
ers led by Colonel Prince Gargarin
were added to the tale of prison.
ers.
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On March 6, the capture of the
Craonne heights by the Young
Guard, preceded the general en-
gagement with the Russians on
the following day. The only way
of access to the Craonne plateau
was through a defle 200 yards
wide. The plateau itself was pro-
tected by three ravines, and the
Russians were covering the def1le
with go guns.
Nevertheless, Victor at the head
of the Young Guard stormed the
position. Drouot forced his way
through with the artillery, while
Ney debouched on the enemy's
right wing. Nansouty then brought
up his cavalry. The result was
a Russian defeat; but not an
overwhelming one.
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substance and meaning OF money,
it would be waste of time for the
statesmen to address themselves to
matters which they know nothing
about in terms which the people
couldn't possibly understand. In
these circumstances, it is q pleasure
to waive issues entirely and listen
to gossip instead.
Huey is the most accomplished
scandal monger of his time, but he
wears a tissue paper hide, himself
and, though he dearly loves to dish
it out, he is unable to take it. Thus
he is still inventing heroic explana-
tons of the simple, but impressive
l.. l. IL
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TRIAL DELAY Is WON
BY LOTTERY SUSPECTS
Trio Accused of Selling Tickets in
"Win a Suit" Gamble.

Municipal Judge Charles Karabell,
at the request of defense attorneys,
yesterday postponed the trial OF
three alleged lottery operators until
Saturday morning.
The men-Harold Rose, 80, Of 512
Insurance. Building; Henry Cavalier,
80, of 81 W. Market-st, and Albert
Kerick, 46, of 812 Lemcke Building
are charged with operating lot
terry scheme in connection with a
a-tailor- made-suit" lottery.
The lottery suits are represented
to be worth $40, it is said, but the
real value is said to be approximate
ly S14 1t is understood that Several
merchants, protesting that the lot
terry had injured their business, have
engaged an attorney 20 assist in the
prosecution. The warrants were
signed by a Better Business Bureau
iE 7estigators
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FAIR Enough
BY
WESIBR0OK PEGLER

XXTASHINGTON, D. c., March 14.-For one thing
w your correspondent feels grateful to Huey P.
Long Gen. Hugh Johnson and the Rev. Charles E.
Coughlin and that is the revival of the rough-and-
tumble repartee in public address and the substtu
ton Of personalities for issues. 1t foolish attery
Of the public intelligence to suggest that the
citizens could understand issues and at the present
time when even the great brows of the world are
unable to get together so simple matter as the
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-bOSGtIlSIy 5IlGlI Heels OAl, dllQ GAAS-
But you fellows in Mr.. Roose-
velt's cabinet separate and get
dragged down one by one"
Il wish" replied the cabinet
member to whom this was adj
dressed, that you would write
that. 1t would do some of us a
lot of good"
Beyond any doubt this is the
greatest administrative weakness
of Roosevelt's official family Not
only does it lack unity, but it is
ridden with internal suspicion,
enmity and outright pickering.
This is one of the most imme-
date problems facing the Pres
ident today. 1t is immediate
chiefly because of its effect on
Congress. AS long as party mem
bers in Congress see party men,
bers in the cabinet carrying on
poorly concealed warfare, there is
strong tendency to do likewise.
If the dozen or so executives
Closest to the President do not
hang together, they reason, it is
difficult to expect unity among
400 and scme-odd Democrats on
Capitol Hill.
ILLUSTRATIVE of the extent
l. and in some cases the intensity
of the feuding, here is E. list of the
major INSTRUMENTATION rows;
The Hull-Peek row is one of the
most embarrassing of all, mas
much as it affects relations with
foreign countries.
Cordell Hull, Secretary of State,
believes in a broad policy of lower
tariffs and Observation-Disclosures
treatment in negotiating trade
treaties. George Peek, Foreign
Trade Adviser to the President, is
opposed. He believes in quotas
and trade restriction unless other
countries give concessions to the
United States.
And whenever he has an oppor-
tunity to make speech Mr.. Peek
lambasts Hull's policy. Also he
negotiates barter agreements with
foreign countries, such as the late
cotton deal with Germany, caus-
ing Mr.. Hull to veto them in their
final stages.
All this is most confusing to for
eign governments. The first duty
of their trade delegations, on ar
irving in Washington, is to find
out which is stronger with Roose-
velt, Mr.. Peek or Mr.. Hull, and
whose policy they should follow.
THEN there is the Roper Far
l. ley row. About this there
has been no great publicity. Yet
it burns f1ercely behind the
scenes.
The Secretary of Commerce and
the Postmaster General never did
get along well. They have direct
ly opposite backgrounds. Mr..
Roper is a Democrat from the
solid South. Mr.. Farley is a
Democrat of Tammany training.
The divergence increased when
Mr. Roper campaigned against
Al Smith. Mr.. Farley was then
one of AIS f1ercest crusaders.
Later trouble came when Mr..
Farley attacked the mail con-
tracts of the aviation and ship
ping lines. Mr.. Roper is a cham
pion of both interests. He WINGED
painfully when Mr.. Farley struck.
Another row which smolders
continually is that between Ho-
mer Cummings and Harold Ickes.
The former is constantly letting
his lawyers thwart the New Deal
activities of the Interior Depart
ment.
When Mr.. Ickes' lawyers want
ed to bring action against the
Eagle-PIcher lead Co fer al=
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Next-His brother a traitor, too?
DAILY WASHINGTON
MERRY-GO-ROUND
By Drew Pearson and Robert S. Allen

WASHINGTON, newspsperman drawing
w parsons Herbert
talking of the closest members of the Roosevelt
cabinet.
you" that Hoover
cabinet they their heads