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The inference is drawn that Governor Green night have members of the Board of Regents of the University replaced to bring about a condition more favorable to his ideas. So far as is the prerogative of the Governor of Michigan concerned, his power lies in the veto of appropriation bills or in limitations by the Administrative Board, which allocates funds in accordance with the condition of the State Treasury. . . .
Hoping that this may help clear up a wrong inference, it is submitted for what it is worth. It is not believed that TIME desires to draw inexact parallels with the conditions of other States where the governing bodies are politically controlled by the State executive department.
PAUL N. YOUNG
Pittsburgh, Pa.
The Regents of Michigan's university are elected by the people, not appointed by the Governor.—ED.
Horne Flayed
Sirs:
I must write and comment on the communication by Vivian Home in the Jan. 21 issue of TIME.
Vivian is a girl that everyone should adore. I can just see Vivian going barefoot, because the darling bossy cows, with the tender eyes, should not be sacrificed for human comforts. I am sure that she does not enjoy the comforts of this Modern Age of Steel (think of all the poor mules that have been sacrificed in the mines). I know that Vivian does not wear silk because men rob the poor defenseless silkworms to secure this silk. I honestly believe that Vivian lives in a tent. The trees should be left for the birds to rest and nest in. I know she is a vegetarian. Oh! to think that people will eat animals.
I have thought of all kinds of useful things that Vivian could do. She could organize a Missionary Expedition into the interior of Africa to teach the Monkeys sanitation and hygiene. She might help her father publish a paper on the cure of infantile paralysis. (Just buy a monkey and never handle him with gloves or "fub" him and you will know how to take care of that dread disease). . . .
EARL M. BARTSCH
Great Falls, Mont.
Pensions Flayed
Sirs:
First, a bit of criticism: it is contended by a recent statement printed in the Dallas Morning News that the United States Senate, four years or so ago, appropriated from public funds, $7,500, to be paid to Senator Green of Vermont. It is contended that this amount was voted to the Senator that he might pay his surgeon and doctor bills incident to treatment of a serious disability received when hit by a stray bullet fired by warring bootleggers on historic Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington. I am satisfied that this is a correct statement of fact!
I see from the current Jan. 21 issue of TIME that the Senate has again dished into the public treasure chest, this time in favor of Mrs. Thomas R. Marshall a charming wife of a former President of the Senate.
It would be interesting to know just .how many similar awards have been made, and in whose favor. I cannot but wonder just what qualifications one must have in order to share in this Senatorial graft. Can TIME enlighten me—and some intimate friends with whom I have discussed this matter?
THOMAS HUDSON McKEE
Vernon, Tex.