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only other way to remove this The Hustled Babe barrier would have been the clumsy and almost impossible one

As most of us are well aware, of amending the Constitution. It it takes a long time and much was, one may admit, a scheme careful: fostering to escort the to "pack the Court and to that human being from infancy to extent objectionable, but to the years of discretion; Rome was outsider it seemed justified both not built in a day, nor does the by the history of the Court it-babe advance from helplessness self and by the enormous weight to a sense of responsibility and a of progressive opinion behind Mr. capacity to paddle its own canoe Roosevelt's New Deal. The Sup-in the same brief period. But reme Court, moreover, did somebody who has been address- not diminish suspicions concerning a "Convention of Natural ing its impartiality by changing Sciences at Los Angeles has its mind, when the scheme was dreams that the process may be announced, and declaring con-speeded up. "The economic w stitutional several Acts which a and tedious labour of rearing few months before it would cer-children," it was announced, “will tainly have declared unconstitube eliminated scientific experi tional Mr. Roosevelt's opponents

ments now being carried out in (and many of his "supporters") America are brought to fruition." have said that he should have It is those glands of hope and been content with this sudden

change of opinion, but if the glory that are to do the trick Supreme Court can change its Rats, it is pointed out, can be mind once it can change it again rushed up to maturity in four Now that the sword of Roosevelt days as the result of "glandular has been removed from over their injections," and if human be heads, it is quite conceivable that ings would only react the judges will return to their treatment in the same former frame of mind. The co

rats they would be the

way a university years old? a serious blow to Mr. Roosevelt, They might, of course, also die and who steadfastly refused all com of semile, decay at fifteen,

expert who has been promise. It has shown that his even the e

Los political sense is not infallible outlining his conclusions at

that points of Angeles a and that he is not always a

that kind remain subjects for ter of his ownṣmajority in a

areful siderat "They do gress, but one doubts whether it has seriously affected his popu indeed. Before anything

is done in the matter larity in the country at large

ought to devise a way Lout whether the bab

wishes normal.

lapse of the scheme is certainly graduates at eight

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