Most contributors to Science (weekly) are staid men who avail themselves of the magazine's columns to write polite letters of criticism concerning the ideas in their fellow scientists' heads. In last week's issue, however, was printed with editorial hesitancy and apologies a letter from "An 'Umble Scientist"—anonymous because the author implied he was hoping for an appointment to the Federal Power Commission—criticizing Herbert Clark Hoover, President of the U. S. "Most scientific men," wrote an 'umble scientist, "were delighted when for the first time since George Washington an engineer became President...
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