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...father's. In sidetracked Pullmans at Windsor. Legionaries were pictured leaning out of windows with bottles of foaming brew in their hands and pointing to what they had scrawled along the car's side: WE WANT BEER. That had become the rallying cry for a large element in the convention after President Hoover had made a flying trip to Detroit to shame the Legion out of asking for immediate payment in full of its adjusted service certificates (TIME, Sept. 28). At Olympia Arena the resolutions committee placed before the 1,415 delegates a measure asking for a submission...
However, while a law school may supply the great men of the profession, no matter how fine its professors or how high its standards, it cannot by itself eliminate the poorer element. The present overcrowding in the legal profession forces many men to resort to unscrupulous practices. The existence of a situation such as this is made possible by the comparatively low requirements for permission to practice existing in many states; while the law school may set the maximum standard, the minimum is determined by the laws of these states. It is the duty of the law schools to make...
...sense of humor. But he has a remarkable gift for display. There is only one funny person in his show. A series of dirty jokes, very old, very stupid, are used to pass the time while more and more gorgeous settings are being made ready. Rousing climax of this element in the entertainment comes when five tons of chromium are lowered and a host of pretty girls in pale green are set to dancing before it. At another time, scores of undressed dancers with naked heels flash between glimmering crystal scimitars to Ravel's throbbing Bolero. There is also...
Pontiff. Peculiarly and paradoxically is Samuel Seabury fitted to sit in judgment upon the wily rulers of the world's greatest city. A reformer by inclination, he is no fanatic; he uses the conventional means of the law. A representative of the Better Element, he has had political experience more varied than the most cunning double-crossing ward heeler. Pontifical are the remarks which he makes in a soft baritone about the weather. Even his manner of blowing his nose in court is sonorous, distinguished. He also has imagination and a sense of humor...
...leader of the merrier element was James Leary Flood. In his blood was an instinct for the fleshpots; in his bank, money for it. His father was James Clair ("Bonanza King") Flood, onetime saloon keeper, later owner of the Comstock Lode with William S. O'Brien, James...