National Affairs: Nought on Stumbles

Senator Pat Harrison (Democrat) leaped to his feet, last week, and electrified his Senatorial peers. Not since the green legal shingle of young lawyer Pat swung in the breeze at Leakesville, Miss., has he spoken with more vigorous abandon. He flayed the Administration for what he called its "dark lantern diplomacy." He referred slightingly to President Coolidge as "Careful Cal." He openly derided Secretary of State Kellogg as "Nervous Nellie." All this he did because the press of the world became excited about an alleged report on the European situation in general, said...

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