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...TIME in the arrogant tone of an innocent accused, explain to one who has faith the remarkable coincidence of the Chrysler pan on the cover of its current issue (Jan. 8) and the Chrysler blurb on the inside spread. Then let my not always omniscient brother-in-law mend his talk...
...this generality does not hold. Appendicitis is then dangerous per se. Thus although only one-third of the cases of appendicitis occur at the extremes of life, two-thirds of the deaths from the disease occur before 10 and after 40. Why this is so Surgeon Maes explained last week. The character of the appendix changes as people grow older. In the young the organ contains an abundance of lymphoid tissue, which renders it a particularly good harborer for germs. In the old the appendix largely loses its lymphoid character. Its risks then grow from diseases of its blood vessels...
Earle Bailie had been called from the banking firm of J. & W. Seligman, of which he is the most active partner, to coach Acting Secretary Morgenthau, himself no banker, on large scale bond flotations. Had Senator Couzens been pressed to explain why he wanted Earle Bailie fired, he would have pointed to the Senate's foreign bond investigation which two years ago found some defaulted Peruvian bonds sponsored by J. & W. Seligman, and a $415,000 "commission" paid by the firm to the son of Peru's late President Leguia...
Other witnesses who have agreed to appear in Washington to explain their views include Father Charles E. Coughlin, Irving Fisher, Yale professor and "commodity dollar" advocate, Frank A. Vanderlip, former New York banker and Technocracy enthusiast, and James P. Warburg '17, Manhattan banker...
Although Henry wouldn't give his reasons, they seem fairly evident, if one wishes to read between the lines. Henry believes in the "ideal behind," although he falls to explain whether he believes this ideal to imply government or self-control of industry; he has, by his own admission, taken many years ago the first tiny footsteps that the country is now taking. In short, Henry was in on the ground floor, and the public will know it, or else, Henry feels that if he signs, there will be no opportunity for delayed and dignified explanations in the Times...